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02-13-2014, 10:26 PM
Shigeru Kayano (萱野 茂 Kayano Shigeru?) (June 15, 1926 – May 6, 2006) was one of the last native speakers of the Ainu language and a leading figure in the Ainu ethnic movement in Japan.
He was the first Ainu politician to sit in the Japanese Diet. He served five terms in the assembly before taking over a vacated seat in the upper house for the SDP. There he served from 1994 to 1998. In the Diet, he often posed questions in the Ainu language. His effort led to the enactment of a law to promote Ainu culture in 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Kayano
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He was the first Ainu politician to sit in the Japanese Diet. He served five terms in the assembly before taking over a vacated seat in the upper house for the SDP. There he served from 1994 to 1998. In the Diet, he often posed questions in the Ainu language. His effort led to the enactment of a law to promote Ainu culture in 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Kayano
http://i62.tinypic.com/2ufsz08.jpg