CULTURE
Hajichi: The Banned Traditional Tattoos of Okinawa
These tattoos, native to the Ryukyuan people, were once banned from being practiced. Now, they're making a comeback.
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CULTURE
These tattoos, native to the Ryukyuan people, were once banned from being practiced. Now, they're making a comeback.
RACE IN JAPAN
News Show "Sukkiri" caught flak on social media after airing a discriminatory joke towards the Ainu people.
HISTORY
How the Japanese government attempted to erase and assimilate a small indigenous people - in one case, even using them as spies.
ENTERTAINMENT
A film currently streaming on Netflix provides a sensitive and nuanced introduction to the modern lives of the Ainu people.
CULTURE
A long fight by Japan's indigenous Ainu results in a hard-won victory - but much more remains to be done.
RACE IN JAPAN
As xenophobia ramps up during COVID-19, we take a deep dive into the history of the Japanese image of a dangerous, "anti-Japanese"…
HISTORY
Watch our latest video - a reading by author Noah Oskow of his original essay on the history of Hokkaido and how…
HISTORY
In 1891 Japan, history was nearly changed when a Japanese policeman took aim at Russian Crown Prince Nicholas II - the future…