Hunting for identity: Japan’s indigenous Ainu hopes to keep traditional way of life

Reuters – Hoisting his shotgun and dressed in a bright-orange high-visibility jacket, Atsushi Monbetsu looks like any other modern hunter. But the 36-year-old enters the forest not just to shoot game, but also to pursue his identity as Ainu, an indigenous people mainly inhabiting Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. When Monbetsu turned 30, he acquired […]

Hunting for identity: Japan’s indigenous Ainu hopes to keep traditional way of life