Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon shines among the stars in the night sky over the town of Urahoro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2025.

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon shines among the stars in the night sky over the town of Urahoro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2025.

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon shines among the stars in the night sky over the town of Urahoro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2025.

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon

Comet Lemmon shines among the stars in the night sky over the town of Urahoro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2025.

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Members of an Ainu indigenous people's organization hold a ritual on Sept. 11, 2022, to celebrate the arrival of the year's salmon season in Urahoro, northern Japan.

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Members of an Ainu indigenous people's organization hold a ritual on Sept. 20, 2020, to celebrate the arrival of the year's salmon season in Urahoro, northern Japan.

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Members of an Ainu indigenous people's organization hold a ritual on Sept. 20, 2020, to celebrate the arrival of the year's salmon season in Urahoro, northern Japan.

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Ainu indigenous people's ritual

Members of an Ainu indigenous people's organization hold a ritual on Sept. 20, 2020, to celebrate the arrival of the year's salmon season in Urahoro, northern Japan.

Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

Koki Nagane (C, R), who heads a group of ethnic minority Ainu from the Hokkaido town of Urahoro, speaks at a press conference after the group filed a lawsuit with the Sapporo District Court on Japan's northernmost main island on Aug. 17, 2020, against the central and Hokkaido governments asking them to confirm the indigenous people's exemption from a state ban on commercial fishing of salmon in rivers.

Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

Ainu minority's lawsuit over salmon fishing rights

Koki Nagane (R), who heads a group of ethnic minority Ainu from the Hokkaido town of Urahoro, speaks at a press conference after the group filed a lawsuit with the Sapporo District Court on Japan's northernmost main island on Aug. 17, 2020, against the central and Hokkaido governments asking them to confirm the indigenous people's exemption from a state ban on commercial fishing of salmon in rivers.