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JAPAN - JUNE 08: Ainu men carry out a ritual ancestor worshipping ceremony on a river bed in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, April 8, 2008. Japanese lawmakers passed a resolution in parliament today to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan and urge an end to discrimination against the group who mostly live in Hokkaido. (Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

JAPAN - JUNE 08:  Ainu men carry out a ritual ancestor worshipping ceremony on a river bed in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, April 8, 2008. Japanese lawmakers passed a resolution in parliament today to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan and urge an end to discrimination against the group who mostly live in Hokkaido.  (Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)