• Ainu performers perform a fork dance at the Ainu Museum in the town of Shiraoi in western Hokkaido. Japan has been in talks with Australia on repatriating the remains of Japan's indigenous people from Australia, where they were apparently shipped for research purposes. | KYODO
    Ainu performers perform a fork dance at the Ainu Museum in the town of Shiraoi in western Hokkaido. Japan has been in talks with Australia on repatriating the remains of Japan's indigenous people from Australia, where they were apparently shipped for research purposes. | KYODO

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The government said Monday it will start negotiations with Australia toward returning the remains of indigenous Ainu people being held at Australian museums.

Australia’s ambassador to Japan, Richard Court, is expected to meet with representatives of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido as soon as Thursday in Sapporo to explain how the remains have been preserved.

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