The Ainu people live in the northernmost parts of Japan, mainly on the island of Hokkaidō, with around 25,000 and 200,000 people left belonging to this indigenous group. They were originally hunter-gatherers with their own language and rich culture living in larger areas. However, during the 19th-century, the Japanese government drove them further into the north to colonize the frontier. The Ainu were stripped of their lands, culture, and traditional way of life. It was not until April 2019 that they were officially recognized as the indigenous people of Japan….
