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Dancers perform a traditional Ainu dance to mark the opening of the National Ainu Museum and Park. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Nippon Television Network Corp. took the unusual step of using a news program to apologize for another program that on March 12 used a pejorative to refer to the nation’s indigenous Ainu people. In the program that aired, a comedian used the word “inu,” which means “dog” and was apparently intended as a pun on Ainu, when a documentary about an Ainu woman shown on the Hulu streaming video service was introduced. According to Jirota Mokottunas Kitahara, an associate professor at Hokkaido University’s Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, dog has been used to belittle the Ainu people since olden days. ....
An ad released online on Nov. 28 by Nike Japan shows an ethnic Korean girl in a uniform with her family name of Kim added on the back. (A screenshot from the ad) A recent advertisement by the Japanese arm of Nike Inc. has been lauded for sending an inspirational message about using sports to help overcome an identity crisis. Others, however, have blasted the commercial as misrepresenting the realities of Japan and even attacking the country. The commercial video, released online on Nov. 28, features three female students two of mixed heritage who face bullying and discrimination by their peers. They wonder if they should act or appear differently to fit in better. ....