Ainu museum in northern Japan

Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koichi Hagiuda makes a speech during a ceremony at the "Upopoy" Ainu-themed complex in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on July 11, 2020. The complex including the National Ainu Museum, dedicated to the indigenous Ainu people of northern Japan, opened to the public the following day about three months behind schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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