How Japan's 1899 Ainu law combined citizenship with forced assimilation

Japan gave the Ainu citizenship while suppressing their culture

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How Japan's 1899 Ainu law combined citizenship with forced assimilation

Japan gave the Ainu citizenship while suppressing their culture

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