The Japanese government said Friday that the remains of three Ainu Indigenous people that were kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland will be returned to Japan. The three skulls are set ...

The Ainu were marginalised and subjected to studies in the late 19th and early 20th century, with remains and cultural ...

Tokyo, April 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Friday that the remains of three Ainu indigenous people kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland will be returned to Japan.

On the windswept coasts of Hokkaido, a language once thought to be vanishing is echoing back into life. The story of Ainu, ...

Shida pointed to the history of the Ainu people, who have long been exploited and discriminated against by Japanese colonizers. “There are some among the Ainu people who react strongly against ...

These "pigeon people" were writers from a Japanese blog who staged the scene as a publicity stunt when they learned Google's Street View team would be photographing their area. The image quickly ...

Tokyo: Rallies were staged in the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa as ... that this approach has limited effect. "The patrol people were walking around chatting and laughing.

Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government announced Tuesday a list of 3,990 individuals recognized in this year's spring honors, including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and former ...

A Japanese man concealed his father’s body in a wardrobe at home for two years after the elder’s death, unwilling to bear the costs of a funeral. The man’s actions came to light recently ...

Nintendo has warned that it may not be able to meet Nintendo Switch 2 demand in Japan "approximately 2.2 million people" have applied to buy one there Pre-orders are currently live in the US and ...

Osaka will become the first region in Japan to ban people aged 65 and above from using ATMs while on mobile phones. The move is aimed at curbing phone-based fraud that targets the elderly ...

Patti Smith talks with hibakusha Keiko Ogura, right, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the city of Hiroshima, on April 28, 2025. (Mainichi/Kenjiro Sato) HIROSHIMA -- "The people have the power ...