A different senior ministry official also said revisions are necessary in this age of diversity, noting that tattoos worn by Ainu indigenous people would also be a reason for rejection.

An Ainu ceremony known as Iyomante, in which people shoot arrows at a brown bear ... hunting with poison-laced arrows, and tattoos for adult women. After the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection ...

A closer look also reveals tattoos around her mouth and on ... to international public opinion and acknowledged the Ainu as an "indigenous people." The Upopoy national facility was established ...