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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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Book on Hokkaido's indigenous Ainu people released in English

SAPPORO, Japan - The English-language version (left) of ''The Ainu and the Fox,' a picture book showing how Japan's indigenous Ainu minority sees the world will shortly go on sale overseas, the publisher said on May 1. The book, written by Ainu man Shigeru Kayano, 79, is based on an Ainu folktale and conveys Ainu beliefs about coexistence with nature.

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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. (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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Book on Hokkaido's indigenous Ainu people released in English

SAPPORO, Japan - The English-language version (left) of ''The Ainu and the Fox,' a picture book showing how Japan's indigenous Ainu minority sees the world will shortly go on sale overseas, the publisher said on May 1. The book, written by Ainu man Shigeru Kayano, 79, is based on an Ainu folktale and conveys Ainu beliefs about coexistence with nature. (Kyodo)