Reality of Japan's Indigenous People (Ainu): Discrimination & Activism for Indigenous Human Rights

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @JapanMediaReview
    @JapanMediaReview  Месяц назад +2227

    Please be aware that this video has caught the attention of anti-Ainu groups. There are anti-Ainu comments accusing Ainu of not being indigenous by talking about civilizations that predate the Ainu. However, “indigenous” isn’t defined as the first civilization to settle somewhere ever.
    UN explanation of indigenous: “Indigenous peoples have in common a historical continuity with a given region prior to colonization and a strong link to their lands.” www.un.org/en/fight-racism/vulnerable-groups/indigenous-peoples
    Being indigenous is about existing prior to colonization, not existing since the dawn of time and the fucking big bang. Whether or not other civilizations existed before the Ainu does not affect their indigenous status. Discussing civilizations existing before the Ainu is a common tactic used by anti-Ainu groups.
    Here’s a Britannica link discussing Ainu being indigenous: www.britannica.com/topic/Ainu
    Another common tactic is to accuse the Ainu of lying about being Ainu or being paid actors. I will let you decide for yourself if that’s a valid argument.
    Anti-Ainu groups in Japan are an extremist minority and do not represent the majority of Japanese people.

    • @privilegedindiansrworsthum8408
      @privilegedindiansrworsthum8408 Месяц назад +122

      Thankyou so much for exposing real face of Japanese who are very similar to casteist Indians

    • @fr33f4l4st1ne
      @fr33f4l4st1ne Месяц назад +6

      👊🔥

    • @meemzing
      @meemzing Месяц назад +112

      👏 Restate the definition again for the multitude of anti-indigenous people in the back!! This isn't exclusive to Japan, it's a worldwide phenomenon. THANK you!

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Месяц назад +18

      By that definition the Japanese are indigenous.....

    • @glasslicker2829
      @glasslicker2829 Месяц назад +20

      ⁠@@AL-lh2htalthough, to my own knowledge, the Japanese themselves were never exactly colonized but was extremely influenced by other cultures. So I don’t think the Japanese themselves are indigenous (according to that definition)

  • @celtifox8274
    @celtifox8274 Месяц назад +3714

    Lots of people in the comments just now realizing that japan is a real country with real issues and not an anime utopia.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Месяц назад

      black people could have told y'LL this but y'all think its maga and lotus punnanie. Giapponese are horrible people too

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet Месяц назад

      Anime is far from utopia 😂😂😂 the reason why anime is appreciated is be it touches on these topics unlike western media, that likes to pretend and virtue signal.

    • @chiripaxa
      @chiripaxa Месяц назад +430

      Not to mention that Japan has never apologized for any of its war crimes in WW2 and even prior conflicts with neighboring countries. It's a country with a government that refuses to learn from its mistakes unfortunately despite its wonderful culture and incredible work of arts.

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад

      ​@@chiripaxaでたよ、デマ流すやつ

    • @Walæng
      @Walæng Месяц назад

      ​@@chiripaxa Nigga what? Why should the children apologize for their parents actions?

  • @ninjartist36
    @ninjartist36 Месяц назад +600

    Japanese bullying Ainu for eating raw meat is just the pot calling the kettle black

    • @lug358
      @lug358 13 дней назад +38

      They say as they eat raw fish 😂🙄

    • @TechieWidget
      @TechieWidget 11 дней назад +32

      Ironic, since Japanese people also eat raw horse meat and etc.

    •  9 дней назад +1

      Japanese eat raw chicken eve wtf are they on about

    • @batata1290
      @batata1290 8 дней назад

      It's same in india too
      them upper caste people (Aryans) murdered lower caste people (natives) for eating beef

    • @zersky495
      @zersky495 8 дней назад +10

      @@lug358 That’s still alive in some cases (Shirouo no Odorigui)

  • @misubi
    @misubi Месяц назад +3099

    Insane that there are people in Japan so devoted to working against such a minute part of the population which have been almost culturally and racially eradicated.

    • @jessicaderosa9625
      @jessicaderosa9625 Месяц назад +91

      Same like that country with i

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict Месяц назад +109

      Like Russia and USA and the rest of the Americas towards their population Bolivia was an exception tho

    • @BBarNavi
      @BBarNavi Месяц назад +189

      Colonizer insecurity.

    • @Drega001
      @Drega001 Месяц назад +40

      They're like their ancestors
      This is the behavior they participated in before leaving the mainland

    • @GungKrisna12
      @GungKrisna12 Месяц назад

      They wanted total eradication

  • @TobiasGray-b8o
    @TobiasGray-b8o Месяц назад +2389

    anti indigenous hatred is the same everywhere. you cant hide behind "local context" if you are always saying the same thing! freedom to all indigenous everywhere in the world

    • @YerCervix
      @YerCervix Месяц назад +21

      this.

    • @jbstarkiller4626
      @jbstarkiller4626 Месяц назад +11

      Every human is indigenous😒

    • @freyjapinckney4285
      @freyjapinckney4285 Месяц назад +119

      ​@@jbstarkiller4626 please use your device properly and read the dictionary website

    • @getinloser666
      @getinloser666 Месяц назад +47

      This comment is way too simple. Anti-indigenous hatred isn’t “everywhere”, it’s every where there’s a colonial presence.
      Most colonies on the planet belong to European invaders and thus, the popularity of anti-indigenous sentiment spread globally.
      This instance is unique because it’s a closely related group assimilating it’s own people to fit more European (“modern”) standards.
      Unfortunately, hateful ideology is an infection fresh out of Europe and everywhere they went, they damaged cultural standards permanently.

    • @weye
      @weye Месяц назад +11

      I think you have confused ethnicity with nationality. Japan is also not a former European colony

  • @Icegoddesswolf
    @Icegoddesswolf Месяц назад +2098

    These people calling Ainu dog's and animals are the uncivilized ones.

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад

      They talk about the southeast Asia. chinese and koreans the same way, even though the japanese slaughter millions of their civilians

    • @tems6
      @tems6 Месяц назад +1

      Very similar to Republicans in the US except Republicans are far more religious and hypocritical

    • @PseudonymsAreGovnoYaEbalGoogle
      @PseudonymsAreGovnoYaEbalGoogle Месяц назад +2

      nope, they are just normal nazis.

    • @Laurassausallejamene
      @Laurassausallejamene Месяц назад +19

      Yet the Anti-Ainu are dogs of an industry, but calls the free Japanese the word that describes these urbanites.

    • @Wanderer91
      @Wanderer91 Месяц назад

      @@Laurassausallejamene what industry?

  • @Ragmon1
    @Ragmon1 27 дней назад +389

    "They eat raw meat like animals"
    And... Sushi is what then?

    • @Ragmon1
      @Ragmon1 22 дня назад +37

      @@Lelaki-MELAYUmuka-JAPAN-TAIWAN Japanese also east Torisashi, raw chicken. And the ultimate raw food that Japanese sometimes eat... LIVE, F-ING, SQUID!
      I think Japanese people eat much more raw food today, than the Ainu ever did. :D

    • @Siye8899
      @Siye8899 21 день назад +9

      Es curioso porque los ainus solían siempre cocinar o ahumar los alimentos

    • @feitme
      @feitme 17 дней назад +7

      ​@@Ragmon1and raw eggs!

    • @forstuffjust7735
      @forstuffjust7735 13 дней назад +1

      Sushi refers to the sweet vinegar rice though in Japan

    • @golDroger88
      @golDroger88 12 дней назад

      Sushi is disgusting.

  • @devondorr8212
    @devondorr8212 Месяц назад +605

    I'm Chinese and there are lots of Chinese that move to Japan mainly for work. One of the interesting points they consistently bring up is that the discrimination you face are likely higher once you obtain Japan nationality. Because before, you're a guest and they have to treat you with respect, or at least leave you alone; but once you become "one of them", all the differences you have become their ammo for discrimination.

    • @rifqimujahid4907
      @rifqimujahid4907 Месяц назад +6

      Nice tip, never be japanese 😂

    • @vegassincity702
      @vegassincity702 Месяц назад +17

      The irony. Nan king. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xJ9pQw2sR5
      @xJ9pQw2sR5 Месяц назад

      Stupidity to go work in the country that killed your ancestors lol the Japanese dragged 2 of my family members out of their home never to be seen again, raped at least one other. I consider this debt unpaid. I will never go to that country. People these days have no honour and backbone.

    • @nayzak9791
      @nayzak9791 Месяц назад

      ​@@asperFromTGyou dont have a brain , you should consider getting one

    • @billyrj973
      @billyrj973 Месяц назад +43

      If it weren’t for the great Han and Manchurian people, those sandal wearing fisherman wouldn’t even have a writing system. Their bushido and the rest of their core philosophies extracted of Confucianism. They should admire the great Chinese people.

  • @Kagemusha08
    @Kagemusha08 Месяц назад +1846

    There was that manga that featured Ainu people as a plot point Golden Kamuy, but when they made the live-action film they didn't cast a single actual Ainu.

    • @yrobtsvt
      @yrobtsvt Месяц назад +513

      The manga and anime has an Ainu cultural consultant. It's a shame the live action producers didn't think the same way.

    • @Pikachu-qr4yb
      @Pikachu-qr4yb Месяц назад +163

      From that manga is where I learned about Ainu

    • @notuxnobux
      @notuxnobux Месяц назад +39

      Are there any famous ainu actors that would fit the role?

    • @Tyrone9256
      @Tyrone9256 Месяц назад +80

      Well the live action up’d the age of Asirpa as well and made sugimoto look like a K-pop idol, they weren’t exactly following the original characters closely

    • @unreal4good367
      @unreal4good367 Месяц назад +38

      ​@@notuxnobuxthey can train one of there isn't any

  • @yaoi5987
    @yaoi5987 Месяц назад +1528

    Nah I'm half Navajo and if someone said i was pretending to be Navajo and calling my traditional clothing as, "costumes" i would've thrown hands. Not only do i have to prove my heritage via blood quantum like a dog, but to have my heritage be hated but also denied is one of the biggest insults ive delt with in the U.S.
    And all i can think of are the boarding schools my own grandma was forced to go to. Having your culture stripped, demonized and not taken seriously is a big issue for many Indigenous people including me. But im lucky enough to live where my Navajo culture is celebrate and being prserved without shame. And i hope the same for the Ainu.

    • @bumboklaatry5828
      @bumboklaatry5828 Месяц назад +57

      keep your culture and practice it, because that is something that you should never let people take away from you, ESPECIALLY when you are a member of the dine (navajo) people
      one of my friends is ojibwe/odawa, and he is studying his own culture that was stripped from him via his grandparents, and a huge problem within his community is the lack of endogamous relationships, marriages, and families, they tend to go for those who are seen as more "luxurious" or well established, which unfortunately is outside of their own people, and he wants to prevent that from happening so that his people won't be erased through psychological conditioning and selective breeding
      truth is, they hate you because they don't understand you, and what they don't understand, they fear, and so on. instead of letting them get to you, be yourself and tell them to fuck off

    • @Mochichan2
      @Mochichan2 Месяц назад +2

      I’m just an American sending 🫶🏻 and to say how shameful are the white peoples of North America.

    • @MaxWulf
      @MaxWulf Месяц назад +42

      Respect to all indigenous people of America from an Ichkerian! You are strong people who fought to the death! My respect to you, my people have always admired you!!!✊🏻🐺

    • @chayo4537
      @chayo4537 Месяц назад +12

      "Throw hands" thats. Black people vernacular and you should've been done that considering the european americans are the reason you speak english. Nobody talks about you native americans.

    • @chayo4537
      @chayo4537 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@bumboklaatry5828nobody is gonna take something they're not even interested in 😂

  • @bayas1302
    @bayas1302 Месяц назад +1052

    There's also siberian ainu. From what i have heard their language has gone, because russia also isn't fond of indigenous people

    • @Kolesha
      @Kolesha Месяц назад +61

      No one is, unfortunately.

    • @lambert801
      @lambert801 Месяц назад +19

      Siberian Ainu? Then that means Ainu aren't even indigenous to Japan and came there from Siberia, just like how the Wa came from mainland China.

    • @sarasarita8855
      @sarasarita8855 Месяц назад +261

      @@lambert801what ?? By Siberia they meant the other island in Kamchatka. The Ainus always lived in northern Japan and Kamchatka, before borders 😁

    • @bayas1302
      @bayas1302 Месяц назад +108

      @lambert801 one nation can live in different places

    • @bayas1302
      @bayas1302 Месяц назад +21

      @sarasarita8855 kuril islands

  • @SrSaraviaMusic
    @SrSaraviaMusic Месяц назад +976

    Some people are so stupid wasting their lives hating others. Racism and discrimination is ignorance and shows a narrow-minded mentality

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 Месяц назад

      You learn it when you bring in Millions of unvetted Migrants with wholly incompatible cultures to yours.

    • @gauravhupadhyay
      @gauravhupadhyay Месяц назад +25

      I agree. Back in the 90s we were so connected with each other. Now with social media, we have become more bigoted. It seems like we have went backwards in time

    • @gauravhupadhyay
      @gauravhupadhyay Месяц назад +10

      @silverhawkscape2677 and you are proof we are going backwards in time

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 Месяц назад +9

      @@gauravhupadhyay Only because Forcing in Thousands of Illegal Immigrants gives negative Incentives. Like realizing some Cultures are incompatible and worst than others.

    • @peachesandcream22
      @peachesandcream22 Месяц назад

      The majority of Russians are okay with Indigenous people, but they still treat them with stereotypes. For example, like all Kalmyks are backward alcoholics.

  • @jtomyhope575
    @jtomyhope575 Месяц назад +257

    I remember when I was a freshman in colleges, I was talking to a Japanese friend from Okinawa and another person. The other person brough up Ainu in the context or the conversation, and I commented whatever I knew about the time from reading about Ainu in some Japanese culture book, and my friend from Okinawa had *no* idea what we were talking about. She said she had never heard of the Ainu. Which, opposite spectrums of Japan, but still, it felt weird.

    • @Kolbjornelenano
      @Kolbjornelenano Месяц назад +58

      Specially when the people of Okinawa, the Ryukyuan, also have suffer a lot at the hands of the japanese

    • @cacaulaymulkin7724
      @cacaulaymulkin7724 Месяц назад

      Okinawans are again, a different culture from Japanese that was violently forced to assimilate into Japan

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Месяц назад

      The government hides a lot from its citizens and non mainland citizens. 1) Crimes against the indigenous people 2) Barbaric war crimes against almost all Asian neighbors in WWII

    • @UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎
      @UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎 Месяц назад +11

      @@Kolbjornelenano and the Americans.

    • @DrMeikoHayakawa
      @DrMeikoHayakawa Месяц назад +13

      ​@@Kolbjornelenano Yup, Okinawans and Ryukyuans generally, are stereotyped to being louder.

  • @MiguelDLewis
    @MiguelDLewis Месяц назад +928

    Ainu culture is very beautiful and worth preserving, just like Ryukyu, Zainichi, and Kakyou culture. Japan has enough room for multiple cultures.

    • @Kagemusha08
      @Kagemusha08 Месяц назад +75

      It SHOULD, but the Japanese mindset is very singular. There's a saying in Japan, "the nail that sticks up gets hammered down." That refers to people who think or act different from social norms are forced to conform, but it could have very well have been intended for cultures on the archepelago that aren't the Yamato.

    • @MiguelDLewis
      @MiguelDLewis Месяц назад +73

      @@Kagemusha08 That's not the Japanese mindset per se; that saying is more exclusive to the Yamato. Yamato do not have a monopoly on Japanese culture, despite their hegemony. Ainu, Ryukyu, and all the other minority cultures in Japan are equally as Japanese. Yamato culture is just a watered-down fusion of Indian, Chinese, and Korean culture anyway.

    • @MiguelDLewis
      @MiguelDLewis Месяц назад +49

      @@kakaungranduomo2666 They won't let anyone dig. If they did, everyone would discover that the Japanese Royal Family is actually of Korean descent. They descend from Korea via Empress Jingu. Shinto is of Korean origin.

    • @125discipline2
      @125discipline2 Месяц назад +19

      @@MiguelDLewis that would be very funny lol

    • @treystephens6166
      @treystephens6166 Месяц назад +6

      @@MiguelDLewisyeah very white like Koreans.

  • @galamotshaku
    @galamotshaku Месяц назад +159

    Cosplaying? What does that woman think she's doing when she's wearing a Kimono?

    • @major2707
      @major2707 Месяц назад +3

      💯😬

    • @DisgruntledPigumon
      @DisgruntledPigumon Месяц назад +6

      Kimono? How about cosplaying as white people?

    • @HawtyHaven
      @HawtyHaven 10 дней назад

      @@DisgruntledPigumoni mean ur not half wrong with how much asians europe-ize themselves, just look at chinese beauty standards- they scare me 😟

  • @Free-Ughyers_Free-Kashmir
    @Free-Ughyers_Free-Kashmir 22 дня назад +87

    "You eat raw meat right?"
    Wth is sushi then?🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @fdama
    @fdama Месяц назад +1281

    “Japanese people are so polite and nice”

    • @craggleshenanigans
      @craggleshenanigans Месяц назад +303

      A telltale sign of someone who probably gets all of their knowledge from anime

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад +1

      Nope, they are extremely racist, and let's not forget about the okinawan people

    • @pauloazuela8488
      @pauloazuela8488 Месяц назад +29

      ​@@craggleshenanigansOr they just don't experience that when they go to Japan bc Because there's too many bullies , unhinge, and bad guys and gals in anime. I

    • @craggleshenanigans
      @craggleshenanigans Месяц назад +150

      @@pauloazuela8488 mate, my older brother works in Nagoya, and trust me, it's not all sunshine and rainbows over there. Hell, his boss warned them about going to bars, because they're prime targets for scammers and shady characters there

    • @potato-masher24
      @potato-masher24 Месяц назад +34

      @@craggleshenanigans 名古屋は日本でも特に治安が悪いから気を付けるように言ってくれ、交通事故も日本で一番多い場所だから車にも気を付けろ

  • @massculini
    @massculini Месяц назад +262

    I now understand why the nazis called the japanese "honorary aryans"

    • @cosmoray9750
      @cosmoray9750 Месяц назад

      global influence, while USA loses it.....🤔
      ruclips.net/video/fRpe7W4vxHY/видео.html

    • @onlylauri
      @onlylauri Месяц назад +5

      @@asperFromTG twd

    • @asperFromTG
      @asperFromTG Месяц назад +2

      @@onlylauri Total poverty and slavery afterwards 😂

    • @BrightElk
      @BrightElk Месяц назад +8

      Cool so… You agree with everything your government and society says and does? That’s amazing. What country’s hands are so clean that you can talk so big I wonder?

    • @Theohybrid
      @Theohybrid Месяц назад +8

      Really sad honestly.

  • @JK-nh6jp
    @JK-nh6jp Месяц назад +283

    My father was a friend of Kayano Shigeru. I met him as a child.
    The proud Ainu people should continue to fight for recognition, and they will never be erased.

    • @valorzinski7423
      @valorzinski7423 Месяц назад

      Peaceful fighting for recognition is an evil ploy by White supremacists. One should never fight for recognition, one should always fight for revenge

  • @JoshSaysStuff
    @JoshSaysStuff Месяц назад +363

    As a North American, my heart breaks for the Ainu people. We did the same thing to countless indigenous peoples, and it’s tragic that this is happening in Japan too.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Месяц назад +9

      who is we

    • @Aresydatch
      @Aresydatch Месяц назад +30

      ​@@PHlophe🇺🇸🇨🇦

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe Месяц назад +7

      @@Aresydatch Nah, i am talking which ethnicity is single handedly responsible of this

    • @surreallane9730
      @surreallane9730 Месяц назад +41

      ​@PHlophe British, Spanish, and French specifically in history. But now, even that is a blur. Indigenous people are still discriminated against in America to this day, and their people are murdered or are going missing.

    • @GAZAMAN93X
      @GAZAMAN93X Месяц назад +31

      ​@@PHlopheWhite European Americans. From the French to the English, the Scottish, the Italians,etc.

  • @costelinha1867
    @costelinha1867 Месяц назад +168

    Japan: "Discrimination against the Ainu people is forbidden"
    Also Japan: "There's no specified punishment for discrimination against Ainu people"
    Translation: "Discrimination against the Ainu people is forbidden, but not really"

    • @zacharybasil
      @zacharybasil 10 дней назад

      Japanese value is not from moral, it's mainly as image

  • @hello_honnay
    @hello_honnay Месяц назад +54

    As a part Native Hawaiian person, I understand the frustration of being discriminated against just because you are indigenous. I was lucky enough to visit an Ainu museum while in Hokkaido and instantly fell in love with such a beautiful and interesting culture. I support the Ainu people and hope they can keep fighting!!

    • @leooh3966
      @leooh3966 16 дней назад +2

      独立しましょう💪

  • @bouncehouseofficial
    @bouncehouseofficial Месяц назад +769

    Great. The Marjorie Taylor Greene of Japan.

    • @JapanMediaReview
      @JapanMediaReview  Месяц назад +136

      😭😭

    • @oldiegoldie-j4h
      @oldiegoldie-j4h Месяц назад

      ​@@JapanMediaReview"Kiss my a$$" - Marjorie Greene to David Cameron

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict Месяц назад +109

      Ethno nationalists lol are global

    • @meemzing
      @meemzing Месяц назад

      They all look the same honestly, smug & vicious masked by those indignant and inglorious smirks on their faces.

    • @Drega001
      @Drega001 Месяц назад +24

      One of many 😂

  • @BeefStrugglenoff
    @BeefStrugglenoff Месяц назад +247

    Only 2019 woww!!!! :( Amazing how the same anti-indigenous rhetoric gets heard all over the world, as well. Many of the anti-indigenous sentiments sound very much like the kind you hear in Australia.

    • @SéaFid
      @SéaFid Месяц назад +3

      Almost like it has nothing to do with skin colour, as the current narrative would have you believe.

    • @BeefStrugglenoff
      @BeefStrugglenoff Месяц назад +53

      @@SéaFid Not sure what you're implying here, given that Indigenous Australian people also face a lot of discrimination for being both dark skinned AND Aboriginal. I was specifically talking about the ways in which both Ainu and Aboriginal Australians have to go through life hearing the same comments about faking their heritage, being likened to animals, facing similar hurdles with schooling, etc.

    • @JojoJoget
      @JojoJoget Месяц назад +16

      @@SéaFidsure it does, you just want to be the victim

    • @meemzing
      @meemzing Месяц назад +13

      ​@@SéaFidskin color plays a role but it's not the only factor.

    • @ricktmusicus4852
      @ricktmusicus4852 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@SéaFid then anti-whiteness isn't real? People are just mad due to their behaviour/attitude, am I right?

  • @misubi
    @misubi Месяц назад +336

    Would also be interesting to know the extent of Ainu DNA mixed into the Japanese population as it is very likely some of the anti-Ainu have some Ainu ancestry!

    • @Zbezt
      @Zbezt Месяц назад

      Exactly hitler was part jewish thats more then just coincidence

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Месяц назад

      Exactly, just like Hitler had some Jewish ancestry. Those that cast stones at others usually have a closet full of skeletons that they're trying to hide from the world.

    • @jamkp1685
      @jamkp1685 Месяц назад +59

      In terms of genetics, the Ainu, Ryukyuan, and other Japanese people all carry genes from both indigenous and migratory ancestors; the difference lies in the proportions. Studies show that there are no Ainu or Ryukyuan people today who carry only indigenous genes. Furthermore, among those identifying as Ainu, there are some of Korean descent who have no ancestral ties to the Ainu or Japanese. In other words, the term “Ainu” cannot be defined genetically but rather refers to people who wish to preserve the culture and traditions for future generations.

    • @k.3004
      @k.3004 Месяц назад +40

      The Ainu have highest Jomon genetics the original inhabitants of Japan. Aside from the North, Kyushu also has higher Jomon genetics representing the Hayato people for example the Jomon also originally immigrated from the South to North. The least is in the Kansai region in Honshu as this is also where the East Asian Farmers, Yayoi people first settled.

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ Месяц назад +11

      The two comments above mine already explained it pretty well but I wanna add some stuff. Genetically speaking, they're almost identical. Thousands of years ago, the Jomon people used to live in Japan and it's believed that Ainu came from them. Then, at one point, the Yayoi people came in from Korea and formed what are known as the Yamato people. The Yamato are what you think of when you think of Japanese people. Despite Ryukyu (Okinawa prefecture) having always spoken a Japonic language, they're actually genetically closer to the Ainu in Hokkaido. As someone mentioned, Kansai is genetically the furthest because the Yamato kingdom literally formed in the plains of Nara, which is in Kansai. Having said that, genetically speaking, they share a lot of similarities. There used to be a lot of theories regarding where the Yamato come from. Once upon a time, it was believed that they shared the most common ancestry with Chinese people but, actually, nowadays, Yamato have been found to likely be closer to Siberians or North-East mongoloid populations in general. With the Ainu, it's no different. Having said that, there have been interracial marriages in Hokkaido. The majority of people there originate from Tohoku (the Northern part of the main island) and they mostly came during and after the Meiji restoration began in 1868. So, there is a lot of genetic mix up in Hokkaido for sure

  • @anissyahromi5671
    @anissyahromi5671 Месяц назад +129

    Japan should be greatful the ainus are just asking to be recognized as equals despite the resistances,if this is in different part of the world people would ask for seperation and independence

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet Месяц назад

      It's bad enough they have been forced underground.

    • @Fluffy-Angel-wings
      @Fluffy-Angel-wings Месяц назад

      The majority of minorities only ever ask for recognition and equal rights but even that is considered "dangerous" or "provoking" to those who belong to the "majority"

    • @DragovianMythiX
      @DragovianMythiX 23 дня назад +1

      The moment Japan goes against American interests, you shall see how minorities in Japan will become militant. The Europeans were always good at stirring conflicts between local natives and arming one side against the other, and they are still doing this in prts of the world today.

    • @thangngudxop
      @thangngudxop 16 дней назад +1

      Maybe it's better to separate and be independent. Or just move to another place or be apart of other countries where people are genuinely welcome and appreciate you.

    • @NitroDS
      @NitroDS 5 дней назад +3

      that's a crazy comment.
      the ainu have their territory, basically their own land but the japanese government does not accept it as such and as you have seen in the video, japanese police harass the ainus that want to fish in their own rivers

  • @agammuhajir2902
    @agammuhajir2902 Месяц назад +103

    The yakuza were formed because of discrimination too. Even Okinawans got discriminated.

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад +19

      Yeah, because Japan used to have a caste system maybe that's why they let Koreans in the yakuza too

    • @molanohouse
      @molanohouse Месяц назад +2

      Kinda smiliar to the Italian Mafias during the early 20th century in the U.S.

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад +7

      @molanohouse yup
      Just like the Italians, when they first arrived in the U, S, some of them had to change their names to get jobs like Dutch Swartz machine gun Jack Mcgrun Frankie Yale and the list goes on especially. After watching a documentary about the Korean yakuza it reminded me of the Italians too
      There are quite a few yakuza, bosses that are ethnic Koreans

    • @windsurfer8824
      @windsurfer8824 19 дней назад +3

      Yes the burakumin caste

  • @Ayzay1717
    @Ayzay1717 Месяц назад +93

    Golden Kamui manga is a beautyful tribute to Ainus.

    • @dexterdr.7020
      @dexterdr.7020 Месяц назад +12

      and also Princess Mononoke, all-time masterpieace

    • @lester44444
      @lester44444 13 дней назад +3

      And the Ainu food featured in the manga looks fucking delicious!!

    • @Banzaicrossing
      @Banzaicrossing День назад

      Princess Mononoke is more about the remaining Jomon people in a Wa japan. Some people say that the Jomon come from the Ainu, but its not 100% confirmed. ​@dexterdr.7020

  • @johgi3
    @johgi3 Месяц назад +171

    They don't even recognise the Ryukyuans as a people.

    • @wakatakeou
      @wakatakeou Месяц назад +8

      They are so close to us that we don't have to worry about ethnic issues.Compared to the Ainu, we don't really feel that they are a different ethnicity, but rather that they are residents of a different prefecture.

    • @banjonotkaz00ie64
      @banjonotkaz00ie64 Месяц назад +37

      @@wakatakeoubut they have their own languages and culture

    • @wakatakeou
      @wakatakeou Месяц назад +6

      ​@@banjonotkaz00ie64
      Of course, Okinawan culture should be inherited and preserved (I'm sure Okinawans will protect it even if they don't realize it).
      However, the relationship between the mainland and Okinawa is not that delicate, this is simply a trend of the times. The current rift with the mainland is not an ethnic issue, but rather the issue of US military bases and China's invasion of surrounding waters.

    • @ninototo1
      @ninototo1 Месяц назад +31

      ​@@wakatakeouOkinawans (and all of Ryukyu) are not getting fair treatment from Japanese government

    • @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM
      @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM Месяц назад

      It's always white skin people that are racist.

  • @WretchedRedoran
    @WretchedRedoran Месяц назад +31

    To Japan Media Review, thank you. I'm from western Canada, born in raised in the province of Alberta, and though I myself am not indigenous I am deeply familiar with the discrimination and persecution of indigenous peoples, particularly and especially the First Nations of Canada, as my father made sure to teach me their history when I was growing up.
    The situation of the Ainu people in Japan has always closely reminded me of the situation that the First Nations of Canada are in, and I deeply appreciate your effort in raising awareness of the Ainu people, their history, and their struggle.

  • @Algrenion
    @Algrenion Месяц назад +152

    will never forget my first night in Tokyo, i got into a conversation with a curious guy and was explaining my plan to travel up Hokkaido to learn more about Ainu history
    he responded "no no, you don't want to go there - those people? dirty people."
    i was so taken aback i just picked up my stuff and left, did more research when i got to my hotel and realised how persistent the problem is

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад +10

      100パーセント嘘

    • @Algrenion
      @Algrenion Месяц назад +58

      @@TV-ex5qq your country is beautiful but just like every other in the world, it has problems, and some people who are hateful - and you should seek to resolve that. Be mature.

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад +4

      そこまで言うなら頑張ってみるよ。一部の国から嫌われているのはわかるし

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад

      ​@@yourdad6259韓国、中国 、黒人は迷惑行為をする印象が日本人にあるため一部の人から憎まれていたり「ネトウヨ」が原因かもしれない

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign Месяц назад

      @@TV-ex5qq どこでも憎みがあるよ。なんでそんなに信じがたい?お前はアイヌのことが嫌いじゃないからといって、そういうアイヌが嫌いなやつが存在しないわけじゃない。日本は完璧じゃない。日本は歴史がある。そんなに信じがたい?嘘をついているのはお前のほうのみだよ。自分に対して

  • @DarrenMoore-le6pg
    @DarrenMoore-le6pg 29 дней назад +20

    I remember telling someone I wanted to visit Hokkaido to see a part of Japan in its more pristine state as it reminded me of the far north country in USA/Canada as well as having still a significant remaining population of indigenous Ainu people living there. That person (not naming names) replied “Why would you want to go there? It was a mixture of bewilderment and disgust. Most answers I got about the Ainu at that time were very evasive if not ignored entirely. I really hate it that Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere are still being discriminated against.

  • @riki1969
    @riki1969 Месяц назад +129

    I stand with everyone whose ancestors have been through a culture Genozide and are discriminated in their own indigenous land

    • @aceroy9195
      @aceroy9195 Месяц назад +2

      🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

    • @Theohybrid
      @Theohybrid Месяц назад +1

    • @SlavicPrideOfficial
      @SlavicPrideOfficial 12 дней назад +5

      So basically every person in the world at some point in time.

    • @riki1969
      @riki1969 12 дней назад

      @SlavicPrideOfficial definitely not with the white folks 😉

  • @yul5367
    @yul5367 Месяц назад +217

    Sad to see how the Yamato (Wa) people treat the actual Japanese peoples... being butthurt about a race that enjoyed living in the land long before they showed up. Technically speaking, the Ainu lived and settled in the Japanese home islands first and then the Yamato / Wa came later from the Asian mainland. In the Ainu's eyes and mind, they are the true Japanese and everyone else are gaigoku-jin, which includes these pathetic individuals who are discriminating against the Ainu. They should be ashamed.

    • @caiokenji2979
      @caiokenji2979 Месяц назад +13

      This is really very sad, well, I live in Brazil and the indigenous population of different ethnicities that lived spread across the continent of America suffered a lot of mistreatment by European colonizers over the centuries, nowadays the populations receive very little assistance from the State and due to public policies, fortunately and incredibly, there are still populations that live far from large cities and live in protected environmental areas and reserves. I hope that due respect and care for other cultures and other peoples is strengthened and appreciated by more people who value harmony and peace in this world. Well, your comment was very comprehensive and interesting, so I leave here a story and perhaps even an outburst to contrast with yours, these situations of cultural shock happen in the history of humanity, I have the impression that it is something that can be resolved, but Terrible limiting forces are not allowing a flourishing of more sincere connections between people...

    • @JChan880
      @JChan880 Месяц назад +46

      I think the Japanese would be highly offended by the implication that they are “Chinese settlers”.

    • @NOAMB-h2p
      @NOAMB-h2p Месяц назад +34

      Wrong. The earliest inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago were the Jomon, who settled on the islands over 10,000 years ago. The Ainu and the Jomon are not really related, although it is often misunderstood. And the Yayoi moved into Japan over 2,000 years ago. Hokkaido was an isolated land, but Jomon and Yayoi also settled there. In fact, Jomon remains have been excavated in Hokkaido. And what about the Ainu? The Ainu originally lived in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands all the way back to the 7th century when they settled in Hokkaido.

    • @shin-ishikiri-no
      @shin-ishikiri-no Месяц назад +27

      @@JChan880 Chinese AND Korean settlers. lol

    • @motherearth667
      @motherearth667 Месяц назад +9

      Another blatant lies, Japan’s indigenous population in Jomon, which is the ancestors of modern Yamato people.

  • @neetuh4850
    @neetuh4850 Месяц назад +88

    I think its really important to talk about our experiences with younger generations. I'm not ainu, but I've also experienced lots of discrimination and hate. Minority people can understand.

    • @major2707
      @major2707 Месяц назад

      Your nation name?

  • @PseudonymsAreGovnoYaEbalGoogle
    @PseudonymsAreGovnoYaEbalGoogle Месяц назад +337

    People forget what Japan was never de-nazified.

    • @bruh8539
      @bruh8539 Месяц назад +1

      Theyr history in war is same as the germans, maybe more grotesk, on how they used to kill, rape, torture civilians. They also delete comments here if you write about it.

    • @bambam7272
      @bambam7272 Месяц назад +18

      If it wasn't for Japanese colonization, Japan would not have advanced as much as it has. The Ainu people were a tribal people living in the stone ages and The modern day Japanese were an advanced group that came and built a thriving society that the Ainu were not capable of building.

    • @ChrryCola-ln5uq
      @ChrryCola-ln5uq Месяц назад +139

      @@bambam7272and who are you to say that?

    • @bambam7272
      @bambam7272 Месяц назад +2

      @@ChrryCola-ln5uq someone with common sense. Your no one to question me.

    • @marschallblucher6197
      @marschallblucher6197 Месяц назад

      ​@@bambam7272The Japanese build themselves up be committing a cultural genocide.
      Your argument is the same argument that they made to justify colonialism in Africa, South Asia, and the Americans.
      All these cultures would have been happy to accept new technologies. But not at the cost of their own lives.

  • @devilroshan1495
    @devilroshan1495 Месяц назад +129

    Why can't you just leave the Ainu people alone and let them live their life

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet Месяц назад

      Japanese are extremely racist they hate koreans too 😂😂😂

    • @yggdrasil2
      @yggdrasil2 Месяц назад +13

      I haven't really researched it, but if I were to guess, I'd say they're either viewed as threatening cultural and ethnic conformity (as Japanesr society is reported to be extremely conformist with a high degree of shaming to those falling outside norms) or they live on valuable land and their culture and ethnicity create unity to help defend it.
      I'm Swedish and this is all stuff I recognize from historical subjegation of our indigenous people.

    • @jonathanLToronto
      @jonathanLToronto Месяц назад +1

      It's either Japan or Russia. No independant state like Monaco or Kuwait. What you say is impossible.

    • @devilroshan1495
      @devilroshan1495 Месяц назад +1

      At least just leave them alone can't we? Are they threat to the society?

    • @hoangquanle3310
      @hoangquanle3310 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@yggdrasil2 The Sami?

  • @shiro_kuma3817
    @shiro_kuma3817 Месяц назад +182

    Trigger Warning: Abuse, Homelessness, and Dr*g Use
    I am half Japanese and half Bengali and I am from Canada.
    When I was in highschool, I learned about the forced erasure of Indigenous people by the European explorers who betrayed the Indigenous communities’ trust in exchange for their lands, resources, and estabilishing their government.
    The schools built by the European colonizers called “Residential schools” were built to indoctrinate Indigenous children far away from their families to “assimilate” to the European culture of enforced Christinaity, and English learning. The concept was “To kill the Indian(a slur for Indigenous people) in them(the children) )
    The children were stripped way from their culture, such as cutting their braids, a sacred hairstyle which signifies “strength,wisdom, and honoring their ancestors”, forcing children to wear European attire, and banning speaking from their Indigenous languages.
    The thousands of children were abused physically, s*xually, and mentally by the residential school authorities.
    Currently, many Indigenous individuals suffer from homelessness, PTSD, generational trauma, abuse, dr*g and alcohol addiction, bullying, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
    As a child, I grew up learning that Indigenous people are alcoholics and dr*g addicts, and I should never be close to them.
    I only learned about the history of Indigenous people
    in Canada for ONE semester, but I am also lucky I got to learn their culture from the yearly school Indigenous assemblies by the Indigenous artists, performers, and storytellers.
    I am also lucky that I have the opportunity to know Indigenous people through social media, specifically TikTok, such as “The Indigenous Baddie”, “Shina Novalinga”,”Notorious Cree” and many more!
    I am so heartbroken that people do not educate themselves and want to know Indigenous people because they havs such a rich culture that embraces the importance of community, respecting nature, and gender equality.
    No country should hurt anybody of any background!
    As a Japanese, I did not know the Ainu had a history of discrimination, and it is so heartbreaking.
    Seriously Hate Is Unnecessary.
    Why hate someone when you simply don’t even want to educate yourself.
    I do not want a Japanese person to be ostracized because of their identity. It hurts to see someone be treated like this. It is unfair and disgusting!
    Ainu people are real people!
    Indigenous people matter!!!
    No To Discrimination!!!

    • @alexsobers1208
      @alexsobers1208 Месяц назад +12

      As a Canadian myself, I hear you my friend!! I'm I'm sorry you've had to experience that. Both countries have a lot to work on. Especially in the way of making things right with indigenous people

    • @Antiwesternthug
      @Antiwesternthug Месяц назад +2

      wow half bengali half japanese interesting combo, do you speak bangla?

    • @alexsbarricades8218
      @alexsbarricades8218 Месяц назад +6

      Say it louder for the people in the back!!!

    • @meemzing
      @meemzing Месяц назад +2

      Amazing post, thank you!

    • @difencrosby
      @difencrosby Месяц назад

      @@AntiwesternthugBengali Japanese mix is quite common. Japanese culture tends to dominate in such a mix

  • @tournaline3448
    @tournaline3448 Месяц назад +215

    Ainu and Okinawans (Ryuku) are the true natives. Most of today’s Japanese are of Chinese and Korean descent. Information about this can be found at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno.

    • @tajup8741
      @tajup8741 Месяц назад +34

      Such a stupid reasoning. The ainu and yamato people have both jomon and yayoi admixture. The okinawans does too.
      Now you a foreigner has no right whatsoever who is native or not when both these groups are 2000 years living on those lands

    • @tournaline3448
      @tournaline3448 Месяц назад +55

      @ The genomic data states otherwise. The Ainu and Ryukyuans are the native people of the islands today known as Japan. As I already stated, you can find information about it at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno. Wikipedia also has extensive information on paternal and maternal genetic lineages of the Ainu people along with some information regarding the autosomal DNA.

    • @tajup8741
      @tajup8741 Месяц назад +21

      @@tournaline3448 ok this is just wrong. Ainu are predominantly only living in Hokkaido which is north of Japan and they are only indigenous to those. Okinawans likewise are native to the okinawanan islands.
      Now deconstructing your lie. Both the ainu and the yamato have shown a variety of jomon and yayoi ancestry.
      the Ainu and other regional Japanese populations possess these paternal lineages (D-M55* and D-M125) in common.

    • @tajup8741
      @tajup8741 Месяц назад +15

      @@tournaline3448 now, Japanese and ainu are both native to japan.

    • @tournaline3448
      @tournaline3448 Месяц назад +15

      The haplogroups you mention are far more common in Ainu and Ryukyuans than in other Japanese which naturally suggests that the Ainu and Ryukyuans are the native population who are descendants of the Jomon people. D-M55 is found in close to 90% of Ainu males but only 33% of other Japanese. I think you’ve proved my point.

  • @serbaserbi6004
    @serbaserbi6004 9 дней назад +8

    Native japanese is ainu.
    The modern japanese is imigran from korea and China .
    Most of ainu was genocide by them 😢

  • @PirateOfTheNorth
    @PirateOfTheNorth Месяц назад +58

    Japan is a civilisation of conformity. It’s sad that in the world indigenous people are discriminated against including Native American and First Peoples of Australia.

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet Месяц назад +3

      Change is the driving force of all things people that won't change will be forced to change by people who do, such is the circle of life.

    • @silva1530
      @silva1530 27 дней назад

      And africans.

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r 21 час назад

      But the most craziest thing is when I've seen old videos in China, stating no Chinese allowed which is crazy because they had districts between France germany u s italy and japan.

  • @Dopendekhang
    @Dopendekhang Месяц назад +34

    It is same everywhere. Hard to believe there are indigenous people. Like today Taiwan is known as chinese country but there are indigenous people who are akin to Polynesian same is Japan and elsewhere. It is ironical. It is proverbial wild birds driving away home birds story.

    • @rin7109
      @rin7109 Месяц назад +6

      because they have the same ancestor.
      as a Southeast Asian people, as an African and as an Oceanic people originating from Taiwan.
      they are called the Austronesian race

    • @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM
      @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM Месяц назад

      It's always white skin people that are racist.

    • @jeffbolton2986
      @jeffbolton2986 16 дней назад

      Yes those settler came there and massacre the indigenous people..and forcing them to integrate..losing their identity ,langguage and culture..taiwan white massacre..look it up

  • @UsDiYoNa
    @UsDiYoNa Месяц назад +16

    Enrolled Eastern Band Cherokee here. We have extremely similar circumstances as Indigenous people. But contrary to common belief, we're still here.
    Blessings to you over there from us over here.

  • @Ithel-gd7ex
    @Ithel-gd7ex Месяц назад +24

    No matter where you go, which language is spoken, humans still human.

  • @NOACCEPTANCE772
    @NOACCEPTANCE772 Месяц назад +174

    Japan are so ashamed over their actions during WW2 but not about what they did to the AINU??

    • @raghatz
      @raghatz Месяц назад +252

      They're not even ashamed about their action during WW2 since their gov barely teach them about WW2 involvement to begin with

    • @jellyrolly
      @jellyrolly Месяц назад +125

      They’re not ashamed of what they did during WWIi either.

    • @VolkXue
      @VolkXue Месяц назад

      @@jellyrolly haha Americans are about to abandon the world and bow to Russia and North Korea today. They just voted to do it.. Cant say i have many problems with Japan today.

    • @treystephens6166
      @treystephens6166 Месяц назад +5

      @@jellyrollywhat’s their problem??

    • @akzester
      @akzester Месяц назад +62

      You mean Germany. Japan erects a shrine called Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that practically encourage Japanese people to pray and worship Imperial Japan's war criminals from WWII.

  • @sleepycowboy18
    @sleepycowboy18 Месяц назад +129

    It's the same everywhere, majority etnic groups racist towards marginalized ppl 😮‍💨

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +15

      What about in North Africa? Why does no one talk about Arab oppression of indigenous North Africans? And they have the nerve to lecture the West about Palestinians?

    • @awstraliad
      @awstraliad Месяц назад

      @@rabbidcrazy787 Bruh, his comment encompasses that. Whataboutism to defend a genocide, like what you are doing, is also encompassed in it.

    • @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM
      @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM Месяц назад

      It's always white skin people that are racist.

    • @harharharharharharharharha240
      @harharharharharharharharha240 Месяц назад

      @@rabbidcrazy787lmao what? What amazigh go through isn’t like what the Palestinians are going through. At most the amazigh’ culture isn’t being taught or preserved as much as it should be, while Palestinians are literally going through a genocide you fucking moron

    • @UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎
      @UeharaKeitaro上原恵太郎 Месяц назад

      Nah, mostly just American aligned governments like Japan (Ainu, Ryukyu) and the Taiwanese (Austronesians), both these governments exploit the native population and destroyed the local cultures much like their master the USA.

  • @Alien-oi7zm
    @Alien-oi7zm Месяц назад +24

    Yeah Japan is a little more slick but it's there, you'd be surprised. Everyone either ignores it or pretends it isn't there.

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet Месяц назад

      Same in the UK

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад +2

      Don't let them fool you. They might act polite, but it's just a facade.

    • @ZambiblasianOgre
      @ZambiblasianOgre 25 дней назад

      ​@@DavidPerez-q2r I'm sorry you got hurt so bad. (Not sarcastic btw)

  • @Xsksnssjccxghb
    @Xsksnssjccxghb Месяц назад +12

    The fact that netizens refer to “Ainu pretenders” as “probably Chinese” really shows the level of xenophobia. But then again if you see the Chinese comments hating on neighbouring countries they are just as bad if not worse 😂 I’m Chinese and my best mates in Uni were Korean and Japanese. I pray for peace among us.

  • @scorpioninpink
    @scorpioninpink Месяц назад +119

    Ainu's ARE the indigenous people of Japan. Jomon people came from Mainland China and drove the Ainu to the North step by step.

    • @rickwong9049
      @rickwong9049 Месяц назад +14

      Yayoi people were the invaders.

    • @Jotzenwein
      @Jotzenwein Месяц назад +12

      Hard to stay fair?
      Ainus are indigenous of Hokkaido not the whole Japan
      Our ancestors coming from the continent called china doesn’t mean we are Chinese
      According to to yur

    • @surreallane9730
      @surreallane9730 Месяц назад +15

      Correction, the Yayoi people are the ones that came from China or Korea and drove the Jomon (indigenous japanese groups) up North.

    • @kazumakiryuu2668
      @kazumakiryuu2668 Месяц назад +1

      My romanticized vision of Japan, inspired by the vibrant world of anime, was utterly shattered upon watching this video. I had always imagined Japan as a reflection of the fantastical, idealized settings depicted in anime-brimming with picturesque streets, whimsical characters, and a sense of otherworldly charm. However, this glimpse into reality revealed a different, more grounded version of the country, dispelling my naive assumptions and reshaping my perception entirely.

    • @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM
      @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM Месяц назад +10

      ​@@kazumakiryuu2668you never knew white-skinned asians are racist?

  • @monsterpuer391
    @monsterpuer391 13 дней назад +4

    This is a lovely video. I'm an Indigenous person in Canada, and I looked up Ainu to try to better understand indiginiety around the world.
    I see a lot of parallel struggle with Ainu in Japan and the struggle for rights and recognition on Turtle Island. I'm hopeful that the young people in Japan can help forward Ainu & Indigenous rights, much like the youth in my part of the world who continue to fight for justice and world change.

  • @metricstormtrooper
    @metricstormtrooper Месяц назад +114

    Thank you, this just goes to prove that there are bigots and racists in every country. Japan has a lot to answer for, including racism, sexism and the hatred towards haifu people who aren't international sports people.

    • @treystephens6166
      @treystephens6166 Месяц назад +1

      Haifu??

    • @alexabe367
      @alexabe367 Месяц назад +9

      I`m half and I never received any hate.

    • @nickkorkodylas5005
      @nickkorkodylas5005 Месяц назад

      @@alexabe367 This channel is full of slandering Koreans and other communists seething over their betters.

    • @watermelon520b
      @watermelon520b Месяц назад +3

      @@alexabe367this isn’t a common experience for most people…

    • @alexabe367
      @alexabe367 Месяц назад +9

      @alexabe367
      0 seconds ago
      The tennis player you speak of is Naomi Osaka. Nobody treated her badly due to her appearance. She literally only spoke a few words of Japanese and therefore some people were having a difficult time relating to her, but Isn’t that the same in any country ?
      We have many half black athletes who were born and raised in Japan and speak perfect Japanese and people consider them JAPANESE.
      If your from the outside looking in , it is going to be difficult for you to understand.

  • @nicholasammon4790
    @nicholasammon4790 Месяц назад +32

    Thank you for making this type of content. We need more people using local media to give insight into Japan. sadly, in a world where academics or experts are decried for charlatans online spouting their stupid ideas for clout and money. So may this type of content gives more credibility to these important topics than i would if i made a similar video documenting these thigns from an academic standpoint

  • @pueohoot543
    @pueohoot543 22 дня назад +18

    As a Hawaiian I fully support the Ainu as fellow indigenous peoples to the Wa and all other natives of the Nation of Japan. Long live your culture! Long live your tradition! Long live your peoples! More power to you in your fight for establishing identity !!! ❤

  • @andrewearl8926
    @andrewearl8926 Месяц назад +120

    I never realized they had their own language.

    • @paranoidhumanoid
      @paranoidhumanoid Месяц назад +35

      A lot of Ainu words were absorbed into (Wa) Japanese, mostly words describing nature in the northern regions like "kami" (god/spirit/bear), "sake" (salmon), "o-okami" (wolf); and some may be cognate across Ainu, Japanese, and Korean: "chis/chip" (home), "tuki" (bowl/cup).

    • @tournaline3448
      @tournaline3448 Месяц назад +6

      @@paranoidhumanoid That’s a very informative and interesting post. Thank you.

    • @meemzing
      @meemzing Месяц назад +13

      Most indigenous populations do globally, it's one important facet. In some regions of the world (like West Asia) they're often relegated to liturgical spheres where they are baked into religious heritage for preservation. In other cultures globally they're part of ceremonies or other ritual rights. On some continents, indigenous languages that have faced attempts of erasure by invasive groups, cultures and languages pledge a vow of "secrecy" where no outsiders are permitted to learn the language.

    • @Smin-f3h
      @Smin-f3h Месяц назад +2

      There are theories about Ainu and Japonic, Korean etc being related but they’re widely rejected by linguists now (RIP macro altaic)

    • @andrewearl8926
      @andrewearl8926 Месяц назад

      @Smin-f3h I know the Japanese are partial Korean descendent. I thought the Ainu were one isolated people who didnt get Korean ancestry.

  • @EarthWingedDragon
    @EarthWingedDragon Месяц назад +24

    It is great to see average Japanese citizen become more and more aware of the problem. 2019, only after 2019 that the government legally acknowledge Ainu existence. That is horrifying.

  • @Teaquamarine
    @Teaquamarine Месяц назад +23

    Today I learned Japan has indigenous indigenous people

    • @imutimwiti7606
      @imutimwiti7606 18 часов назад

      Me too.....i thought Japanese is mono race!

    • @Teaquamarine
      @Teaquamarine 17 часов назад +1

      @imutimwiti7606 like i knew they were like chinese descendents or whatever but i assumed japan was empty before they settled

  • @ernestt8398
    @ernestt8398 Месяц назад +21

    Regardless if it's here in Canada, the US, or Japan Indigenous folks get discriminated against. The push for modernity has rendered Indigeneous cultural practices as regressive. Autonomy for indigenous folks around the world.

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +2

      What about Brazil & North African countries like Algeria?

  • @zacapps5029
    @zacapps5029 Месяц назад +16

    Thank you for bringing the news of Japan to others..

  • @privilegedindiansrworsthum8408
    @privilegedindiansrworsthum8408 Месяц назад +37

    Am glad ppl have started talking about the real face of the "polite" Japanese ppl. Am a Dalit from India when i got to know about Burakumins, Ainu & Zainichi ppl i lost all my admiration for Japanese. As a Dalits, the most oppressed community in the world, I can understand the pain of these opressed community of Japan bcz non Dalit Indians are very similar or worse than Japanese

    • @AssyriacUnitarian
      @AssyriacUnitarian Месяц назад +3

      Why do you choose to be Dalit caste.
      You can easily get out of that sinply by converting into Bhuddism or any different religion instead

    • @deepalil1085
      @deepalil1085 Месяц назад +21

      A Buddhist from Dalit community here .
      You never lose dalit stamp. People are going to hate and discriminate . I bullied in school for it. They called me traitor to Hindusim and mock us for not being a real Buddhist. I didn't get caste certificate because district magistrate is casteist. ​@@AssyriacUnitarian

    • @AssyriacUnitarian
      @AssyriacUnitarian Месяц назад +1

      @deepalil1085 so basically Hindu society just hate everyone who are below the accepted caste group and especially hated those who aren't hindu at all...

    • @justaguyfrom
      @justaguyfrom Месяц назад +1

      @@deepalil1085 Keep crying tribal poojeet your ancestors were weak that's why you are a low caste if they were strong you would have had a higher social standing.

    • @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM
      @HeisTheIAMTHATIAM Месяц назад

      It's always the wite s*in that are rac ist

  • @mixtecjaguar9824
    @mixtecjaguar9824 13 часов назад +2

    Thank you for sharing about the native people in Japan.

  • @catsonmars28
    @catsonmars28 9 дней назад +2

    I remember when I was a kid, my mother, who was Okinawan, once made a comment about my Japanese friend’s mother. Something to the effect of “she’s from mainland, they look down on us”. I didn’t understand that comment until I was older and learned about the discrimination against Okinawans, Ainu, ethnic Koreans, and other groups in Japan. It’s sad to see that it’s still continuing, and we’re not much better with how we treat indigenous people here in the states. I’m glad that there’s activists out there trying to fight for rights and to preserve the culture, it’s very important work.

  • @henrico909
    @henrico909 Месяц назад +13

    damn why would you do this against people whose outfits are dope as hell? those garments are fire

  • @denisetaylor4528
    @denisetaylor4528 Месяц назад +17

    Thank u so much for this - it breaks my heart that this prejudice and hate is still directed towards this beautiful indigenous people. I lived in Hokkaido in 1982 and was blessed to have visited a few communities and witnessed a few festivals giving me an insight and always wished to know more. I’m 61 yo soon and my love and respect of the Ainu remains to this day, all the way from Australia 🙇🏻‍♀️

  • @NouraZahle
    @NouraZahle Месяц назад +8

    The kids who were able to show empathy actually can make Japan a better place. Hopefully they learn from their history and move on to foster a better culture (one that doesn’t insult or belittle other ethnicities).

  • @ahm--yf4046
    @ahm--yf4046 16 дней назад +7

    Technically speaking, both Ainu and Yamato are indigenous enough. Both of them has lived on the land for the past 2 millennia.
    The problem is a minority discrimination based on cultural differences. The old time racism

  • @yellowcaballero
    @yellowcaballero Месяц назад +15

    Thanks for talking about the Ainu people!

  • @hayleygullett
    @hayleygullett Месяц назад +9

    These denial and repression strategies are the same everywhere homogenization is pushed for.

  • @nickm7911
    @nickm7911 Месяц назад +8

    To be fair, both the Ainu and the mainstream Japanese populations have Jomon ancestry (i.e. being descended from prehistoric people of Japan). Although Jomon genetic material is higher in the Ainu, it is still significant and sizable in the non-Ainu Japanese.

  • @bon5436
    @bon5436 24 дня назад +7

    🕊i stand with the ainu 🌺 from aboriginal woman of australia....

  • @Whelknarge
    @Whelknarge 18 дней назад +5

    "The Ainu culture has existed since the 12th or 13th century..." - no, it is believed that the Ainu culture is the continuation of the Jōmon culture, which has been present in Japan since prehistory, so at least several thousand years. The Japanese culture (Yayoi) has been there for maybe 2500 years, and slowly pushed the Ainu/Jōmon culture northward. BY the 12th century the Ainu were ONLY present in Hokkaidō and maybe the far north of Honshu.

  • @OR10777BE
    @OR10777BE Месяц назад +3

    Thank you for this honest and insightful discussion. I studied Japanese in high school for six years and at uni for 2 years; nobody ever discussed Ainu people in school and at uni, we heard a little about the Ainu people only very rarely and never from our Japanese born lecturers - only from the Australian lecturer. Sadly, while the problem is universal, we can take some comfort from the fact that we now have better communication capability and increasingly inclusive younger generations who are more aware of the inherent value of diversity and learning from all cultural experience.

  • @saraouguerd8018
    @saraouguerd8018 Месяц назад +20

    Many cultures and tribes were stepped on in many countries because of the unification of these countries, they needed a "unified" identity to strengthen their powers over all what they've considered as "their" territories. It's the birth of nationalism. It's clear that diversity was a threat to their governments and strategies.

  • @In_Our_Timeline
    @In_Our_Timeline Месяц назад +9

    and there are countless more stories in east asia and south east asia of different ethnic groups facing discrimination in thailand, indonesia, philippines etc
    it is sad to hear there stories

    • @AsianSP
      @AsianSP Месяц назад +1

      Yes in Philippines we have ethnic group called Aeta, or generally called them 'Negrito', they have kinky hair, short stature, and dark skin tone. They are the first settlers in the Philippines before Austronesian came which are also the majority now in the country, Negrito also face discrimination for having different appearance, They also lost their language and assimilate with Austronesian but their culture still remain. Today, Majority of Austronesian Filipino has Negritos genes except to the Igorot tribes which are the purest Austronesian themselves. Also Negritos now aren't pure as well. They have more Austronesian to them than Austronesian having Negrito.

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад

      It doesn't matter. Japan is owned by the U.S. unfortunately. They are just lapdogs now.

    • @vritrathedragon2634
      @vritrathedragon2634 Месяц назад +1

      Pakistani baller why did you skip your country Pakistan where minorities like hindus, christians, sikhs, Afghans and indigenious baloch people in baloch land are treated as 3rd classs inferior people by majority muslim punjabis and Kashmiris

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r 25 дней назад +2

      @@In_Our_Timeline and they always claim they're not racist. too especially in the Philippines and Indonesia not sure about Thailand though.

  • @ammygamer
    @ammygamer Месяц назад +70

    To all people out there who can't read Japanese: imo, it's insulting even the way that 'ainu' is written by the anti-ainu people.
    Katakana, to those who don't know, is one of the two syllabaires used by the Japanese alongside the hiragana (another syllabaire, older with more 'rounded' symbols) , and the kanji (the one which has many symbols each with different meanings).
    Initially, the katakana was created to allow for writing and printing in *very* old computers, as the complex symbols of the hiragana and kanji were far too detailed for the 2bit screens. The katakana symbols are all straight lines and dots, making it still recognizable in very small print.
    After that, the katakana was widely popularized by being used to write foreign words, since most of them don't have a kanji or exact pronunciation in Japanese.
    "Ainu" is written in katakana, as if to ourline that it's 'not part of Japan/Japanese'. And before you ask, there are the name of many countries (such as England, China...) which can be written in kanji, which makes it culturally a lot more 'official' and respectful when referring to someone or something.
    Ainu *should* have it's own kanji, if it doesn't, if nothing else as a way of Japan of showing proper acknowledgement to their indigenous people and the impact they had in each other's history.

    • @ElisabethOrchard
      @ElisabethOrchard Месяц назад +13

      While I agree with you when it comes to writing Ainu in Japanese, it is important to mention that one of the two common ways to write ainu itak (the Ainu language) is a special modified katagana to accommodate for the language's phonetic charactaristics. It features katagana that are not used in Japanese at all, as well as smaller versions of some signs, so that Ainu syllables or sounds that would not be used in Japanese, can be written. The other option one has is Romanji/Latin script. Both are used by people in the Ainu community. But since there are no native speakers left, one could argue that the katagana based ainu writing system helps young ainu to learn about their culture, history, and language.

    • @theodiscusgaming3909
      @theodiscusgaming3909 Месяц назад +7

      The name Ainu isn't written in katakana only by anti-Ainu but rather everyone, because it's what they call themselves. In older texts they were called Emishi (蝦夷), but this name has the character for 'barbarian' so it's quite derogatory.
      I don't see the problem with writing Ainu in katakana, as kanji is only used for Japanese or Sino-Japanese roots with a few exceptions. 'Ainu' is a loanword in Japanese, borrowed from Ainu 'aynu', so it's natural that it would be written with katakana.
      Even if you make a kanji for that, good luck getting it into unicode, and then it will be displayed as a blank square until all devices get the needed updates to show it properly. A lot of devices don't even get updates anymore so the kanji won't show up in those ever. There's a reason they don't make new kanji anymore.
      And even if they do, it would be a quite pointless virtue signalling move. They can do a lot more useful things than that.

    • @theodiscusgaming3909
      @theodiscusgaming3909 Месяц назад

      @@ElisabethOrchard The katakana Ainu script is quite overcomplicated and unnecessary for Ainu which is phonetically quite simple and can be written with 16 Latin letters. Everyone in Japan also knows the Latin script and it can be typed anywhere easily, unlike Katakana Ainu which can not even be typed with a Japanese input method and needs an Ainu input method.

    • @lostzephyr2191
      @lostzephyr2191 Месяц назад +7

      Completely wrong, katakana wasn't created for computers, katakana predates the invention of digital or even electromechanical computers.

    • @YOSSHI_MK2
      @YOSSHI_MK2 Месяц назад +1

      馬鹿すぎる。カタカナは平安時代9世紀頃からあったんだぞ。
      お前みたいなやつが存在しない差別を作って日本人にヘイトを向けるんだな

  • @Laetu
    @Laetu 11 дней назад +2

    8:29 i fully understand this. In the US, Black and Indigenous people entered (and still do) the military thinking they’ll get benefits from the government for serving but we are still discriminated against and still considered second class citizens or not even citizens at all. Which is insane when the government wants to consider indigenous land their land but don’t want to give the people who lived on it or were forced to live on it correct treatment.

  • @rubiesfame688
    @rubiesfame688 Месяц назад +12

    The more I learn about this country the more I hate it, it's so surprising to me this country is romanticized and infantilized so much and seen as "innocent" "polite" ig anything is possible when you r a American vassal state

    • @MelvinFan200
      @MelvinFan200 Месяц назад

      I think it's mainly due to its cultural exports. Especially marketed towards western countries. It's another aspect of US global hegemony. There are a lot of genuine and great things about the country, but it comes with a very large asterisk. A lot of Japan's crimes and bigotry are heavily whitewashed.

    • @YOSSHI_MK2
      @YOSSHI_MK2 Месяц назад +1

      俺もこんな偏った情報で国を嫌いになるお前が嫌いだよ。お前みたいなアホに好かれなくて良かった。

    • @michasselection8087
      @michasselection8087 26 дней назад +5

      As a Japanese, it’s sad you say that. Japanese don’t ask to be romanticized and infantilized, we just try to live and survive everyday just like you.
      Probably there are a lot of contents on the internet you see that shows a fragment of Japan, praising or bashing, but what you see is not what the whole reality is.
      I hope you get to know more about history, people, culture in the world not only from online and appreciate every culture respectively.

    • @snoot6629
      @snoot6629 24 дня назад +1

      ​@michasselection8087 its the cartoons that come out of your country and the people who consume those media thinking its an accurate depiction of your culture and way of life.

  • @nyanko8972
    @nyanko8972 Месяц назад +9

    If they’re not hurting anyone, can’t we just let people live their life.
    Ainu is a very cool culture.

  • @greendragonspirit1646
    @greendragonspirit1646 Месяц назад +28

    All countries with indigenous people need to have their own state for the indigenous ! Aren't yamato japanese originally from the korean peninsula?

    • @DavidPerez-q2r
      @DavidPerez-q2r Месяц назад

      I agree with 2 two-state solution, since the Japanese government is badmouthing the Israelis. They should live up to their own words too

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +2

      Does this include Arab countries whose leaders try to lecture the West about Palestine?

    • @ultrasonicradiation
      @ultrasonicradiation Месяц назад

      @@rabbidcrazy787no

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад +1

      やっぱお前ら韓国のプロパガンダに支配されてるんだな😂

    • @TV-ex5qq
      @TV-ex5qq Месяц назад

      東北地方には北アジアよりだし九州では南アジアより

  • @Teslaechar
    @Teslaechar 10 дней назад +3

    I recently learned I’m part Ainu after finding a photograph of my great, great grandfather and noticed he was Asian… something my family never talks about

  • @sweethoneysuit3213
    @sweethoneysuit3213 Месяц назад +22

    Can no country treat indinginous people right wtf

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +8

      Brazil & Arabic countries can't even do that & they get very little criticism because they're not the US or a Western European country.

    • @MelvinFan200
      @MelvinFan200 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@rabbidcrazy787 that might be because of access to information. Most people don't get much news outside of what's being discussed on western sites. I hear about Brazil so rarely and the current conflict in the middle east is very relevant due to the Wests direct involvement in the continued ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

    • @MelvinFan200
      @MelvinFan200 Месяц назад

      ​​@@rabbidcrazy787not to minimize the other myriad of indigenous ethnic cleansing taking place. It should be a united struggle to free indigenous communities. But the unfortunate thing is public perception is so important when it comes to actually helping indigenous communities. Which is why it's important to talk about and advocate for people who have no voice in the public space.

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +1

      @@MelvinFan200 Stop being anti West. End Palestinian privilege. Hamas ethnic cleanses their own people & the West is blamed?

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +3

      @@MelvinFan200 Not all indigo peoples agree on the same thing. For example, Palestinians & Sami people have very different political beliefs & ideology. If they had their own shared state, there would be civil war due to disagreements.

  • @demoncorejunior
    @demoncorejunior Месяц назад +6

    it is interesting, and very sad, to hear how so many governments across the globe practice the same oppression of indigenous cultures. this sounds like so many other stories of systematic oppression and destruction of culture. thank you for posting this critical review of people who are still trying to perform this violence against their neighbors, even at risk to your own channel

  • @magnorecinos6510
    @magnorecinos6510 23 дня назад +3

    I'm impressed that there are those in Japan who support indigenous rights.

  • @ManicEightBall
    @ManicEightBall Месяц назад +3

    Thanks for giving this attention. This sort of discrimination happens all over the world, and everyone needs to be aware of the problem.

  • @Dylan-pp5fg
    @Dylan-pp5fg Месяц назад +27

    She is literally the Pauline Hanson of Japan.

  • @seika3926
    @seika3926 Месяц назад +6

    The funny thing is they use their culture for marketing especially Hokkaido tourism.
    This is out of topic but I love JR Hokkaido for using Ainu language for greetings in the announcement though.

  • @majiwarusentosen
    @majiwarusentosen Месяц назад +3

    I find myself ( a mixed japanese person ) incredibly interested in the other cultures in Japan, and am absolutely disheartened by the fact people cannot see they are just as human as we are.
    They may speak a different language, have different features, traditions, etc. But they live here as well, and they have deserve to be proud of their identity.

  • @Zbezt
    @Zbezt Месяц назад +11

    I truly wish for their full recovery and restoration dont be like the west.
    And try some political angle like canada's INAC give them back their identity and all it came with

  • @davidjacobs8558
    @davidjacobs8558 18 дней назад +3

    Ainu were NOT indigenous to Northern Japan, Ainu were indigenous to All of Japanese islands.
    "Modern Japanese" are Koreanic people who moved into Japanese island around 2500 years ago to 1400 years ago in waves.
    They pushed out the indigenous people to North East direction.

  • @lisahayakawa1191
    @lisahayakawa1191 Месяц назад +11

    no matter what country you are from racism will never dies and there will always be xenophobe out there that this world is tainted of.

    • @SéaFid
      @SéaFid Месяц назад +1

      Human nature, meant for survival. If you think altering humans to force compassion and empathy among the masses by some ruling class who may exempt themselves from such alterations is not a dystopia, then you are the type to be easily led into a cushy cage.

    • @HappyFloppyDisc-qk9cg
      @HappyFloppyDisc-qk9cg Месяц назад +4

      ​@@SéaFid treating fellow humans like animals is nessecary for survival?

    • @hydrogenbomb7277
      @hydrogenbomb7277 Месяц назад

      ​@@SéaFid We're not living in the stone ages dumbass it's twenty fucking twenty four.

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад

      Does that include Arabic governments in North Africa oppressing indigenous North Africans while also being xenophobic towards Israeli people over what's happening in Palestine?

    • @hydrogenbomb7277
      @hydrogenbomb7277 Месяц назад

      @rabbidcrazy787 It includes all xenophobia and racism so yes

  • @arthurdayne7752
    @arthurdayne7752 Месяц назад +3

    I am so disgusted by racism and bullying. Every people are equal
    Thanks Golden Kamui for giving me the chance to know about Ainu’s existence and culture

  • @puzzled012
    @puzzled012 Месяц назад +13

    Japanese have avoided to even admit genocide against Ainu, Koreans and Chinese, and they yearn for more bloodshed - not sure their victims will be so forgiving next time they defeat them.

    • @12time12
      @12time12 Месяц назад +2

      What about china genociding their own people in 1955? They just escape your criticism eh

    • @ZambiblasianOgre
      @ZambiblasianOgre 25 дней назад

      Discrimination is rampant for sure, but yearn for more bloodshed? Wtf?

  • @Sushila..
    @Sushila.. Месяц назад +3

    Very good video, really well put together. I never heard of the Ainu before. I also saw very few videos that also show the bad sides of Japan. Japan seems like a mystery with so many secrets for foreigners like me.

  • @tankeryy1566
    @tankeryy1566 11 дней назад +3

    learned about the ainu from the anime "Golden Kamuy" and its worth watching!

  • @Manneko-j8j
    @Manneko-j8j 18 дней назад +1

    This is awesome you are covering this, many foreigners do not know enough about Japan. Especially about the Ainu.... Been to the museum in Shiraio and enjoyed it. 😊 Keep up the good reporting, 👍.

  • @aaronyork3995
    @aaronyork3995 9 дней назад +2

    Native American people (myself) deal with the same ignorance here.

  • @sielerofa1855
    @sielerofa1855 Месяц назад +50

    The Ainu are pure Japanese who have been on the island for over 10,000 years, unlike foreigners who changed their nationality to Japanese.

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +6

      North Africa was never Arab until around 600 AD or something. Why is it ignored?

    • @cXms-k8y
      @cXms-k8y Месяц назад +2

      ​@@rabbidcrazy787who calls them arab ?
      Egypt falls in both Africa and middle East and the people who live there look more middle eastern
      Its like saying why are Russians not Chinese because both live in same continent
      😂
      And that's a fact unlike Chinese who went Japan a island middle East and Africa is literally connected

    • @cXms-k8y
      @cXms-k8y Месяц назад

      ​​@@rabbidcrazy787and US Canada Australia was never European or west until western er colonised and genocide the natives
      Whats your point
      Literally a western white christian man named Hitler hurt 6 million people

    • @warcrimeconnoisseur5238
      @warcrimeconnoisseur5238 Месяц назад +2

      The stronger decides whats and whos right, always has, always will

    • @cranburrey
      @cranburrey Месяц назад

      Foreigners can have a Japanese nationality? I thought it wasn't allowed?

  • @joltjolt5060
    @joltjolt5060 Месяц назад +4

    What's fascinating is that westerners wouldn't even notice a difference between ainu and other Japanese, any more than they'd see a difference between an egytian vs Mauritanian.

  • @scpgaming-452
    @scpgaming-452 Месяц назад +7

    Russia respects Ainu more than Japan, that's the reason ainu also said they love to be part of Russia
    according to research been done by Japanese 2010 - 2015 average person Ainu in Kuril-Sakhalin don't want to go back to Japan
    then even existed one of the regional heads Kuril-Sakhalin was an Ainu who had a position important very often associated with
    Russian central government if the central government held a meeting to discuss the Russian state in its part of Asia, especially the
    russian islands near Japan, Kuril-Sakhalin, and 4 other islands he said russia it's more worth it use ainu as the region where the
    Russian people live does have a dark side, but Japan has a dark side many times over even worse sadistic when compared to russian

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Месяц назад

      ​@@rohacha9iin40 our government does not. Because it is crappy government

    • @rabbidcrazy787
      @rabbidcrazy787 Месяц назад +1

      Russia oppresses their own indigenous people.

    • @alwayshavebeen4489
      @alwayshavebeen4489 Месяц назад +1

      @@scpgaming-452 name a Ainu person in government position?

    • @warcrimeconnoisseur5238
      @warcrimeconnoisseur5238 Месяц назад

      ​@@alwayshavebeen4489All of Yakutia

    • @warcrimeconnoisseur5238
      @warcrimeconnoisseur5238 Месяц назад

      ​@@rohacha9iin40Yet they are allowed to keep their language and culture

  • @lug358
    @lug358 13 дней назад +1

    Power to all indigenous and native people in the world! Resist!
    Im glad this is content in english so people around the world can educate themselves on these issues, even in Japan.
    People need to learn about japanese history and their racist and colonialist past and its ramifications in the present.

  • @abderrahimaourir
    @abderrahimaourir 20 дней назад +2

    This reminds me of us Amazighs, the native & majority inhabitants of North Africa.
    We went through similar treatment & still go through it from Arabised populations adhering to (Pan)Arabism & Islamism.
    Ethnocide, descrimination, and globalisation have erroded so much of our culture & know-how that our language & identity are under the threat of extinction.
    I must add that being too much gentle & not having so much of the historical records made a lot of us either have an inferiority complex or a sense of victimhood; both being bad for growth & overcoming adversity.

    • @abellyold4859
      @abellyold4859 12 дней назад

      The Arabs like to cry afoul over Israel, but are also quick to glorify Arab-Islamic imperialism over much of North Africa, the Levant, Mesopotamia and Iberian Peninsula.