Japan’s indigenous minorities

Not much have been written about the northern Ainu People and the southern Ryukyuans who lives way below economic median in the country.

You can Google “Ainu Japan books” and there are some limited literature about them.

You had just joined yesterday. Please post some more of your books. Both Fictional and references on the "Ainu people".

I had never heard of the southern Ryukyuans. Tell me more!

I first heard of the "AINU" in 1961. I am interested in JUDO and then learned more about Japan.

Yep, I am getting OLD :-)

>1 danielcheng: Hi, welcome to LibraryThing.

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>2 guido47: Hi Guido, this is a good site to start learning about the Ainu People. https://ainutoday.com/ They are descended from the ancient Jomon People and they are the original settlers of the Kuril peninsula and Hokkaido before the Japanese. Anthropological studies suggest they share genetic similarities with the Native Americans.

The Ryukyuans are the other indigenous people in Okinawa. Their lineages more similar to Pacific Islanders like the Hawaiians.

>3 spiralsheep: 👌🏻

This is a good article about the Ainu by BBC

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200519-japans-forgotten-indigenous-people