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epa01180491 A Japanese Ainu woman dressed in traditional Ainu clothing plays a 'mukkuri' mouth harp musical instrument during a traditional arts performance in Akan town, Hokkaido province, Japan, 20 November, 2007. Mouth harps were used in traditional cultures around the world. The town of Akan is a popular tourism destination and center of Ainu culture on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Once prevalent throughout Japan, the Ainu are believed to have lived peaceful lives in deep harmony with nature. The Ainu have historically suffered poverty and discrimination at the hands of the Japanese people, but in recent years the Ainu culture has been valued as an important tourism resource in the Hokkaido economy.  EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN

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epa01403283 Japanese indigenous Ainu elder Haruzo Urakawa wearing a traditional clothes looks on at the Nibutani Dam during a field work held as part of the 2008 Indigenous Peoples Summit being held in Nibutani town, Hokkaido, Japan, 03 July 2008. Japanese government was taken to the court over the construction of the Nibutani Dam, which was constructed in 1997 in a town of Nibutani, a holy place of the indigenous Ainu, and was deemed to be illegal by the Japanese court.  As the opening of the G8 Summit in northern Japanese town of Toyako, Hokkaido approaches, a total of 350 people from 12 countries and ethnic groups have gathered to discuss the issues such as environment, education, and their rights as  indigenous inhabitants in their own countries. On 06 June 2008 Japanese parliament passed a resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous to Japan and urge an end to discrimination against the group, a move considered by many to avoid international criticisms ahead of the G8 Summit.  There are about 200,000 Ainu people throughout Japan, most of them residing in northern island of Hokkaido. Ainu people have historically been suffering prejudice and many of them have been forced to live in poverty as a result.  EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

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