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Celebrating Women in Japan

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  • Women of Japan x AJF Grant 2021
  • 2018-2019 CWJ Project
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Ryoko Fujioka is an Ainu woman and President of Sapporo Upopo group, a group that teaches Ainu dance and song. There are only 20,000 or so Ainu in Hokkaido now. Many were born in regional areas but like Ryoko, moved to Sapporo to escape discrimination