Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido and the Shaping of Ainu Identity.

From: Pacific Affairs | Date: September 22, 2000| Author: Hiwasaki, Lisa | Copyright information

Lisa Hiwasaki [*]

Introduction

On 8 May 1997, with the enactment of the Ainu Culture Promotion Law, the Japanese government took a significant step towards officially acknowledging the existence of the Ainu as an ethnic minority. [1] The law is Japan's first legislation to acknowledge the existence of an ethnic minority in the country and, unlike the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act which the new law replaces, the Ainu were involved in the process of...

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