On the windswept coasts of Hokkaido, a language once thought to be vanishing is echoing back into life. The story of Ainu, ...

This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — ...

legally recognizing them as indigenous people in Japan. But the law has been criticized for falling short and the Ainu continue to struggle for autonomy. The United Nations’ Declaration on the ...

As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – long among the world’s most effective environmental stewards – are once again being left behind, a new UN report r ...