A long fight by Japan's indigenous Ainu results in a hard-won victory - but much more remains to be done.

Video by Noah Oskow

Our main site: www.unseenjapan.com
Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/UnseenJapanSite

Support Unseen Japan by becoming a Patreon patron -- it'd mean the world to us: http://bit.ly/ujpatreon

Original news article "Ancestral Ainu Remains Returned by Tokyo University": https://unseenjapan.com/ancestral-ainu-remains-returned-by-tokyo-university/

Follow Noah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoahOskow

Some of the videos featured here include:

アイヌモシリ　～アイヌ民族の誇り～
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZgCa4Vnj8s&t=128s

八十五年ぶりの帰還　アイヌ遺骨 杵臼コタンへ　Ancestral Repatriation 85 years later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ToieWf4BQ&t=25s

【HTBセレクションズ】アイヌの若者たち
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9YTWV7hks&t=251s