NIHON-JIN, BURAKU-MIN: Portraits of Japan’s outcast people
“The Buraku-Min (tribal people) compose one of the main minority groups in Japan, along with the Ainu of Hokkaidōand the Ryukyuans of Okinawa. Despite being thoroughly Japanese, racially and ethnically, the Buraku-Min still face discrimination and struggle under the weight of their shared history in Japan. “
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17.5 percent of children of the [...]

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