Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

A group of Ainu, an ethnic minority in northern Japan, head to the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2020, to file a lawsuit against the central and Hokkaido governments asking them to confirm the indigenous people's exemption from a state ban on commercial fishing of salmon in rivers.

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Koki Nagane (C, R), who heads a group of ethnic minority Ainu from the Hokkaido town of Urahoro, speaks at a press conference after the group filed a lawsuit with the Sapporo District Court on Japan's northernmost main island on Aug. 17, 2020, against the central and Hokkaido governments asking them to confirm the indigenous people's exemption from a state ban on commercial fishing of salmon in rivers.

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Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

A group of Ainu, an ethnic minority in northern Japan, head to the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2020, to file a lawsuit against the central and Hokkaido governments asking them to confirm the indigenous people's exemption from a state ban on commercial fishing of salmon in rivers.

Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

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