Ainu indigenous group demands return of ancestors’ remains
Sapporo – A group of Ainu indigenous people in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has started a lawsuit demanding that…
China Lies About Okinawa to Deflect Criticism of Own Rights Abuses
このページを 日本語 で読む On November 9, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Sun Lei, called for…
China’s Okinawa remarks challenge militarisation, not sovereignty: analysts
Chinese observers have downplayed Beijing’s reference to Okinawans as “indigenous”, saying the comments were mainly a critique of…
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Plucking the resonant strings of a tonkori —…