Remains of Ainu people in Edinburgh to be repatriated to Japan

University returns ancestral skulls to Ainu people of Japan

The skulls of three indigenous Ainu people have been returned to their community by a university.

Remains of Ainu people in Edinburgh to be repatriated to Japan

The remains, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, have been returned to the Ainu Association of Hokkaido and will arrive back in Japan on Saturday.

Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan

Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.

University returns centuries-old skulls to Japan: ‘They are pleased to return home’

The skulls were donated to the university in 1913

University returns ancestral remains to Ainu people in Japan

University returns ancestral remains to Ainu people in Japan gdick2 Wed, 30/04/2025 - 10:03 The University has repatriated the skulls of three Indigenous Ainu people back to their community in Japan. Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, and Mr Okawa Masaru, Executive Director, Ainu Association of Hokkaido, during the formal repatriation ceremony Held at the University of Edinburgh’s Anato…