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Gov't panel meets to mull Ainu ethnic policy promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from front R) talks with Ainu Association of Hokkaido head Tadashi Kato (extreme L) at a meeting of the government's Council for Ainu Policy Promotion at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on June 2, 2014. Ainu are the indigenous people of northern Japan.

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Hatoyama launches Ainu policy promotion panel

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Tadashi Kato (C), head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, on Dec. 25, 2009 at the prime minister's office. The government launched a panel aimed at devising policies to support the indigenous Ainu people.

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Diet adopts resolution seeking to recognize Ainu as indigenous

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Kato (R), director of the Hokkaido Utari Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 6 after both lower and upper houses of the Diet unanimously adopted a resolution at their plenary sessions, urging the government to recognize the Ainu as indigenous people.

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Diet adopts resolution seeking to recognize Ainu as indigenous

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Kato (R), director of the Hokkaido Utari Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 6 after both lower and upper houses of the Diet unanimously adopted a resolution at their plenary sessions, urging the government to recognize the Ainu as indigenous people. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama launches Ainu policy promotion panel

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Tadashi Kato (C), head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, on Dec. 25, 2009 at the prime minister's office. The government launched a panel aimed at devising policies to support the indigenous Ainu people. (Kyodo)