The issue originated from a 2016 blog post in which Sugita mocked ethnic Korean residents and Ainu indigenous people ... is right in front of us! A large group of leftists.” ...

which stated the Ainu are an indigenous people. The report defined indigenous peoples as ethnic groups that have continued to reside with a culture and identity that is different from the ethnic ...

More wajin, or ethnic Japanese ... Ainu language as “critically endangered”. Upopoy is the Ainu term for “singing in a large group”. The new complex also features a traditional village ...