The Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, recently launched various Ainu-themed programming, including a ...

The Okhostk culture thrived in northern Hokkaido from the fifth to ninth centuries and may have provided the Ainu with some ...

After centuries of forced assimilation, Japan’s indigenous Ainu population, language and culture are emerging once more ...

Enjoy the weather… With the weather slowly but surely cooling down out here in Riyadh, alfresco dining is making its comeback ...

The Ezo deer is a subspecies of Japanese deer that inhabits only Hokkaido. It is larger than the Japanese deer found in ...

Discover the charm of Ainu culture on the shores of Lake Poroto. The Ainu are the indigenous peoples in the northern part of the Japanese archipelago, especially in the areas of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, ...

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 ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday, stressed the importance to keep telling the tragedy of the World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to the effort to promote und ...

Ben Gran lived in Japan for a year teaching English. More than 20 years later, he still vividly remembers the experience and ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...

Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial ...