Japan – Civilization: the Ainu Want to Make Their Voice Heard

First peoples of Japan, like the Okinawaians, the Ainu, who are found in the north of the country, are re-appropriating their identity and traditions. They seek to rehabilitate their almost disappeared language. The Ainu, a people pre-Japanese who practiced a thousand-year-old language and had a rich oral culture distinct from those of its neighbours in North-East Asia, are investigating their identity. To this end, they seek to rehabilitate the…