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Ainu, indigenous people of Japan

Ainu, indigenous people of Japan

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2015, shows Lake Poroto in the town of Shiraoi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The Ainu Museum is seen on the lakeside at bottom right. A new national museum aimed at reviving Ainu culture is also scheduled to be built in the area in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. envoy to Japan visits ethnic Ainu museum in Hokkaido

U.S. envoy to Japan visits ethnic Ainu museum in Hokkaido

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) watches an ethnic Ainu woman weave a straw mat during her visit to the Ainu Museum Poroto Kotan in Shiraoi in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 3, 2015. It is Kennedy's first visit to Hokkaido as ambassador. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. envoy to Japan visits Ainu museum, meets Hokkaido governor

U.S. envoy to Japan visits Ainu museum, meets Hokkaido governor

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L), wearing a traditional costume of the Ainu ethnic minority in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, meets with Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi during her visit to the Ainu Museum Poroto Kotan in Shiraoi on Feb. 3, 2015. It is Kennedy's first visit to Hokkaido as ambassador. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Upopoi, a symbolic space for ethnic coexistence

Upopoi, a symbolic space for ethnic coexistence

A view of Poroto Lake from the Panoramic Lobby on the second floor of the National Museum of Ainu Folk Art in Upopoi, Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido. (Media preview)

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