Japan to recognize Ainu as indigenous inhabitants--report (fwd link)

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Japan to recognize Ainu as indigenous inhabitants--report

Agence France-Presse
First Posted 14:16:00 05/31/2008

TOKYO -- Japan is set to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous inhabitants of
northern Japan, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Japan's parliament is expected to adopt a resolution to urge the government to
promote support for the ethnically distinct people who have long faced
discrimination, the Asahi Shimbun said.

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