Question: what is ainu in japan?
Answer: The Ainu (アイヌ) are a people indigenous to the lands of northern Japan. ... The Ainu populated Hokkaido, parts of Honshu, the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin, but today they live mostly in Hokkaido. The Ainu are believed to be descendants of Mongoloid migrants who entered the Japanese islands before the Jomon Period.