Editing Ainu people (section)

===Formation of Ainu political party===
On January 21, 2012, the {{Nihongo|[[Ainu Party]]|アイヌ民族党|Ainu minzoku tō}} was founded<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ainu-org.jp/english/index.html |title=Ainu Party |website=ainu-org.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710182919/http://www.ainu-org.jp/english/index.html |archive-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> after a group of Ainu activists in Hokkaidō announced the formation of a political party for the Ainu on October 30, 2011. The Ainu Association of Hokkaidō reported that Kayano Shiro, the son of the former Ainu leader Kayano Shigeru, would head the party. Their aim is to contribute to the realization of a society where the Ainu and Japanese can coexist and possess equal rights in Japan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111031a5.html |title=Ainu plan group for Upper House run |newspaper=[[Japan Times]] |date=October 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427092145/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111031a5.html |archive-date=April 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1029/TKY201110290538.html |script-title=ja:参議院選挙 |title=Sangiinsenkyo |trans-title=House of Councillors election |newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709010224/http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1029/TKY201110290538.html |archive-date=July 9, 2012}}</ref>