Netflix is debuting new season of 6 original shows this week, including Sweet Magnolias, Sintonia, and Pokémon Horizons.

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

Under the current setup, Ainu people must gain permission from the Hokkaido governor to catch salmon, which is granted only when the activity aims to preserve their cultural heritage. The lawsuit ...

A talk with the director and the people featured in the film. Ever since its official release at the Busan International Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival, Ainu Puri (The ...

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2025 is packed with dozens of games from some of the industry's biggest studios.

Netflix has just dropped its latest offering, "Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-", a gripping continuation of the Golden Kamuy saga that's set ...

Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

Hokkaido Ainu, spoken in the north of Japan, has only two native speakers left. Yet at least 30 000 people identify as Ainu. If the language is to be revived, it would take a monumental effort ...

Evidence showed he was a coastal resident eating a heavy marine diet, Owsley said, and is more closely related to the Ainu of northern Japan. Arguments from the tribes that the Columbia River held ...