Japan court denies fishing rights to Ainu people
Japan's fishery resources protection law in principle bars people from catching salmon in rivers regardless of their ethnicity.
PREMIUM Agric. & Environment
Plaintiffs head to the Sapporo District Court to hear the judgement in a lawsuit seeking the right to catch salmon in rivers, in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture, on April 18, 2024. (AFP Photo)
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A court in Japan dismissed a bid by Ainu Indigenous people to reclaim rights over river fishing for salmon, an official said Thursday.
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