The Ainu believe that the world rests on the back of a giant trout, that otters caused human beings to be flawed, and that seeing an owl fly across the face of the moon at night is cause for great ...
“I’m terrified of what will happen to a society that silently watches a Diet member who incites discrimination,” said Ryoko Tahara, an Ainu activist, citing recent comments by Mio ...
Clearly, Ainu culture was far removed from the Jomon. How had this earlier characterization of the Ainu as hunters of the northern Japanese forests evolved? For one thing, few actually witnessed ...