Share of Ainu people in Hokkaido working Japan 2017, by industry
In the prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan, close to 28 percent of Ainu people, who were employed, stated that they worked in the fishing industry as of 2017. When classified according to sectors, around 36 percent of the respondents were employed in the primary industry, whereas only four percent of the non-Ainu employees in prefecture worked in that industry.
Ainu people are indigenous peoples, who inhabit mainly around the area of Hokkaido. In the Ainu Promotion Act enacted in Japan in 2019, the race was acknowledged for the first time in the history as the indigenous peoples of Japan.
Ainu people are indigenous peoples, who inhabit mainly around the area of Hokkaido. In the Ainu Promotion Act enacted in Japan in 2019, the race was acknowledged for the first time in the history as the indigenous peoples of Japan.
