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Ainu party gives up fielding candidates

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano, leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, is pictured in Biratori, Hokkaido in northern Japan, on June 28, 2013. His party, launched in January 2012 to better represent Japan's indigenous Ainu people, has given up its plan to field 10 candidates in the July 21 House of Councillors election after failing to collect sufficient campaign funds.

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9.

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9.

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9.

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Ainu, indigenous people of Japan

Kazunobu Kawanano, 81, catches a salmon with traditional Ainu fishing gear during a ceremony to receive new salmon in the town of Biratori on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ainu trying to hand down culture for generations

Koichi Kaizawa gives an interview to Kyodo News on March 1, 2017, in Biratori on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, talking about how to hand down Ainu identity and culture for generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ainu trying to hand down culture for generations

Shiro Kayano gives an interview to Kyodo News on March 1, 2017, in Biratori on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, talking about how to hand down Ainu identity and culture for generations. His late father Shigeru was the first Ainu parliamentarian. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ainu trying to hand down culture for generations

Shiro Kayano gives an interview to Kyodo News on March 1, 2017, in Biratori on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, talking about how to hand down Ainu identity and culture for generations. Kayano now manages an Ainu museum founded by his late father Shigeru, the first Ainu parliamentarian. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ainu trying to hand down culture for generations

Koichi Kaizawa gives an interview to Kyodo News on March 1, 2017, in Biratori on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, talking about how to hand down Ainu identity and culture for generations. The Nibutani dam, which was said to affect the indigenous culture of the Ainu, is seen behind him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous peoples' summit starts in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Indigenous people from 11 nations such as the United States and New Zealand begin the four-day Indigenous Peoples Summit in Biratori, Hokkaido, on July 1. The outcomes of their discussion will be submitted to the leaders of the Group of Eight major countries when the world leaders meet at the Lake Toya resort on July 7-9. (Kyodo)