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Ainu people hold ritual in Hokkaido

Indigenous Ainu people take part in a "kotan-nomi" ritual to celebrate the autumn harvest on Nov. 1, 2015, at a museum dedicated to the ethnic minority group in the Hokkaido town of Shiraoi, northern Japan.

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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. 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