1st Ainu lawmaker Kayano dies at 79

1st Ainu lawmaker Kayano dies at 79

SAPPORO, Japan - Shigeru Kayano (in file photo), Japan's first lawmaker from the indigenous Ainu people, died on May 6 at a Sapporo hospital at the age of 79, sources close to him said. Kayano won a House of Councillors seat in 1994.

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