The Japan Today website wrote about the hardships the Ainu have faced.

今日日本网报道了阿伊努人所面临的艰辛。

Many Ainu have been completely assimilated into Japanese society and have no knowledge of their ancestry or historical roots, traditions and culture.

很多阿伊努人已经完全被日本社会同化，对他们的祖先或是历史根源、传统文化毫无所知。

The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan originating in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, north-eastern Honshu, and islands between Japan and Russia.

阿伊努族是日本原住民族，起源于日本北部北海道、东北部本州岛以及日本和俄罗斯之间的岛屿。

And so the Japanese government had largely left it to the indigenous Ainu people, who survived through hunting and fishing.

因此，日本政府在很大程度上将其留给了以狩猎和捕鱼为生的土著阿伊努人。

It is the first time for Japan's government to do this. It comes after decades of lobbying and campaigning by Ainu people to be recognized.

这是日本政府首次提出该项议案。在此之前阿伊努人曾进行了几十年的游说游行要求被认可。