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Most of the 888 Japanese people living in Russia (2010 Census) are of mixed Japanese–Ainu ancestry, although they do not acknowledge it (full Japanese ancestry gives them the right of visa-free entry to Japan [186]). Similarly, no one identifies themselves as Amur Valley Ainu, although people of partial descent live in Khabarovsk.
The Ainu are a Paleo-Mongoloid people native to Hokkaido, the most northerly main island of the Japanese archipelago, as well as to the Russo-Siberian island of Sakhalin. They were the original population of Japan who were pushed north by the arrival from Korea of the people from whom the vast majority of today’s Japanese population is descended.
The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the Ainu (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the Ryukyuans (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants ...
Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present. Today, most Ainu people live a life superficially similar to that of mainstream Japanese people, partly due to cultural assimilation. However, while some people conceal or downplay their Ainu identity, Ainu culture is still ...
Mautarake, with a beard, unbound hair, synophrys, sanpaku eyes, large ears and nose, and a hairy body; his robe is wrapped right over left As was common in contemporary Ainu genre painting, the Ainu elders are depicted with stereotyped physiognomic and bodily deviations that emphasize their alterity, in particular hairiness — beards, unbound hair, hairy hands, hairy legs, hairy feet, a ...
The Japanese and Australian governments had agreed for the remains of the four Indigenous Ainu people held in Australian museums to be returned to Japan earlier in March, reported the Mainichi ...
In 2015, Ariana Miyamoto, who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an African-American father, became the first hāfu (a term denoting mixed ancestry) contestant to win the title of Miss Universe Japan. [4] The decision to allow Miyamoto to win the title, as she is not full Japanese by descent, was controversial. [5]
The Sumunkur Ainu (Katakana: スムンクㇽ, literally "west in people", i.e. "Western people" [1]) is the name of the Ainu subgroup living along the southern coast of Hokkaido, traditionally from Iburi to Hidaka. The subgroup is known to have fought with the Menasunkur Ainu to the east in the 17th century.