High court dismisses Ainu claim over Hokkaido land

High court dismisses Ainu claim over Hokkaido land

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's indigenous Ainu people, clad in their traditional costumes, enter the Sapporo High Court in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on May 27 to hear a ruling on their claim that the Hokkaido prefectural government's decision to pay them money generated from Ainu land be nullified. The court dismissed their demand.

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