SAPPORO--A lawsuit filed by a group of indigenous Ainu over fishing rights is effectively a test case aimed at confirming rights to land and natural resources that the ethnic minority had ...

The Ainu were deprived of their own customs, language and lands for hunting and fishing under Japan’s policy of forced assimilation for the development of Hokkaido. A survey of some 13,000 Ainu ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous cooking create a cuisine like no other.

Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants ... To a large degree, the Jomon relied on hunting, fishing, and collecting plants and shellfish for their subsistence.

The Ainu, an indigenous people predominantly living in northern Japan, have a distinct language and rich cultural traditions. Although Hokkaido has the largest Ainu population, thousands also live ...