To Know the Ainu Is to Know Japan: An Interview with "Ainu Mosir" Director Fukunaga Takeshi
Русский “The Ainu people are an indigenous people who have lived in the northern part of the Japanese Archipelago, especially in Hokkaidō.” This clause is included in Article One of the New Ainu Policy, passed by the Japanese government in April 2019 with the aim of spreading information about Ainu and promoting Ainu culture. It has taken some 150 years since Japan took its first steps towards modern statehood to acknowledge this historical fact as a nation. In the Meiji era (1868–1912), the government promoted policies of assimilation, and ever since, Ainu—who also lived in n...
Source: nippon.com