The Economist on the National Ainu Museum
Earlier this summer, CEMiPoS Director Hiroshi Maruyama and researchers Masumi Tanaka and Mashiyat Zaman accompanied a journalist and translator from
CEMiPoS Backgrounder on Ainu Rights Issues
In order to promote international awareness about Ainu rights issues, CEMiPoS researchers have compiled a backgrounder with information on ongoing
The Equal Times On Ainu Activists' Response to Upopoy
Writing for The Equal Times, journalist Carmen Grau interviews Ainu leaders Fumio Kimura, Shizue Ukaji, and Ryoko Tahara, as well
Abstracts for Chapters of New Book "Decolonizing Futures"
CEMiPoS members Leni Charbonneau, Hiroshi Maruyama, Leena Huss, Kamrul Hossain, and Kasia Pastuszak, as well as researchers, artists, and activists
CEMiPoS Statement Against Two Hokkaido Municipalities’ Decisions Over Highly Radioactive Waste
On 9 October 2020, the town of Suttsu in Hokkaido, located along the coast of the Sea of Japan, applied
A Conversation with Hatakeyama Ekasi
On 6 August, CEMiPoS Director Maruyama Hiroshi and Koizumi Masahiro, Director of the Sapporo Freedom School, visited revered Ainu leader
Ainu Gather for Kamuycepnomi in Monbetsu
In this post, we review the events leading up to the ritual as well as some of the lessons discussed
Asahi Shimbun Covers Kamuycepnomi
Asahi Shimbun was one of several national newspapers present at last weekend's Kamuycepnomi in Monbetsu. Their article discusses not only
CEMiPoS Director Interviewed for Feature on Upopoy
LifeGate interviews CEMiPoS Director Hiroshi Maruyama in their feature article on Upopoy, The Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony, as they
CEMiPoS Statement on the Opening of the Upopoy
Download the statement as a PDF here. Japan has a number of national museums officially endorsed by the government and
