The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture (FRPAC) Founded by the Hokkaido government and the Japanese Ministry of Education. The basic idea of our Foundation is to contribute to the realization of a society in which the ethnic pride of the Ainu is respected and to further the development of diverse national cultures through the preservation and promotion of the Ainu language and traditional culture and to disseminate knowledge on Ainu traditions to the nation. Projects include the promotion of Ainu language and culture.
Activities of the Ainu Cultural Center A centre run by FRPAC (see above) to promote Ainu culture in Tokyo.
The Ainu Museum Information and photographs on may aspects of Ainu history, culture and society.
The Ainu Association of Hokkaido and the Hokkaido Ainu Center The Ainu Association of Hokkaido is an organization made up of Ainu who live in Hokkaido, which aims to "work to improve the social status of Ainu people and to develop, transmit and preserve Ainu culture in order to establish the dignity of the Ainu people".
Hawehe –Ainu Voices Hawehe (lit. “voices, sounds” in the Ainu language) is a free media project, in the shape of a blog, that aims at introducing to non Japanese or Ainu speakers the many issues related to the Ainu minority. If you have any suggestion or comment, please do not hesitate to email us at hawehe.av AT gmail.com.
Council for Ainu Policy Promotion / アイヌ政策推進会議 This is the government's body on Ainu policy: "The Council for Ainu Policy Promotion aims to comprehensively and effectively promote Ainu policy, taking views and opinions of Ainu people into consideration.