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Map of Traditional Ainu Settlement Areas Shibatani, Masayoshi. The Languages of Japan(1990) 日本語: ...
Own work, based on "Historical and present distribution of Ainu in Japan and the Russian Federation - W.Dallmann & K.Uzawa, April 2007" map from ANSIPRA: Author: ArnoldPlaton: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Map of Ainu in Hokkaido de.svg
On January 21, 2012, the Ainu Party (アイヌ民族党, Ainu minzoku tō) was founded [176] after a group of Ainu activists in Hokkaidō announced the formation of a political party for the Ainu on October 30, 2011. The Ainu Association of Hokkaidō reported that Kayano Shiro, the son of the former Ainu leader Kayano Shigeru, would head the party.
Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] ⓘ, lit. ' Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Ainu Moshiri ') [2] is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. [3]
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The Äynu (also Ainu, Abdal or Aini) are a Turkic people native to the Xinjiang region of China, where they are an unrecognized ethnic group legally counted as Uyghurs. They speak the Äynu language and mainly adhere to Alevism. [1] [2] [3] There are estimated to be around 30,000 to 50,000 Äynu people, mostly located on the fringe of the ...
The Ainu emphasize that they are the original inhabitants of the Kurile islands and that both the Japanese and Russians were invaders. [11] In 2004, the small Ainu community living in Kamchatka Krai wrote to Vladimir Putin, urging him to reconsider any move to return the Southern Kurile islands to Japan. They criticized the Japanese, the ...
Kunashir is separated by the Catherine Strait (Kunashiri Suido) from the island of Iturup, located 22 km northeast; Kunashir Strait (upper Nemuro Kaikyo) from Shiretoko Peninsula (Hokkaido Island), located 25 km to the west; Izmena Strait (Notsuke Suido or lower Nemuro Kaikyo) from Notsuke Peninsula (Hokkaido Island), located 16 km to the southwest; and by the South Kuril Strait (Yuzhno ...