The Indigenous Japanese artist will talk about her artistic practice following a song performance at Art Basel Hong Kong, ahead of a presentation of her work at the Aichi Triennale 2025 ...

The Air Self-Defense Force is facing pressure to jettison its new aircraft logo amid criticisms from Ainu people indigenous to Hokkaido that it appropriates their culture. One Ainu group is ...

which stated the Ainu are an indigenous people. The report defined indigenous peoples as ethnic groups that have continued to reside with a culture and identity that is different from the ethnic ...

I just rewatched this scene, so I remember it well. This genre is called Shima-uta. It’s an Amami Shoto song, from the ...

This article was published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Litterae Populi. The full issue can be found here.Much of bear ecology ...

It includes these Okinawan musical influences, and from episode 16 onwards there’s the Ainu culture, the indigenous people in Northern Japan, which was later famously used in the series Golden ...

These destinations, which inspired many iconic Studio Ghibli movies, deserve a spot on your Japan bucket list for all the ...

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