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Ainu descendants sue university for ancestral remains

SAPPORO, Japan - Ryukichi Ogawa (R) holds a press conference in Sapporo on Sept. 14, 2012. Ogawa and two other descendants of the Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group in northern Japan, filed a lawsuit earlier the same day against Hokkaido University for damages and the return of the remains of their ancestors, saying the university removed the remains from a cemetery for research without permission and infringed on their freedom of faith to honor their forebears.

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(2)Court nixes Ainu claim in Hokkaido asset return procedure

SAPPORO, Japan - Ryukichi Ogawa, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by members of the Ainu minority, speaks with the media after their claim was dismissed by the Sapporo District Court on March 7. The plaintiffs had claimed that obscure procedures taken by Hokkaido Gov. Tatsuya Hori to return long-held Ainu assets managed by the governor following new legislation were unconstitutional.

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(2)Court nixes Ainu claim in Hokkaido asset return procedure

SAPPORO, Japan - Ryukichi Ogawa, representative of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by members of the Ainu minority, speaks with the media after their claim was dismissed by the Sapporo District Court on March 7. The plaintiffs had claimed that obscure procedures taken by Hokkaido Gov. Tatsuya Hori to return long-held Ainu assets managed by the governor following new legislation were unconstitutional.