Hanako Tokita · August, 2008

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Japan: Ainu recognized as indigenous people

  12 August 2008

On June 6, a couple of months prior to the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to officially recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people. Immediately following the passage of the resolution, a government panel held its first meeting to start working on...

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