*People surveyed claimed to be Ainu descent or to live in Ainu communities. \
Part-time (mainly fishing) entities earn a majority of revenues from fishery businesses
Part-time (mainly other jobs) entities earn a majority of revenues from businesses other than fishery businesses.
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Number of Ainu people's fishery businesses in Hokkaido Japan 2006-2017, by engagement
*** fishery management entities of Ainu people, which engaged in the business full-time, were reported in Hokkaido Prefecture in 2017. Despite a constant decline in the number of entities, the fishing industry had the highest ratio of Ainu employees as of 2017.
Ainu people are indigenous peoples, who inhabit mainly around the area of Hokkaido. In the Ainu Promotion Act enacted in Japan in 2019, the race was acknowledged for the first time in the history as the indigenous peoples of Japan.
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Hokkaido Government. (April 9, 2019). Number of fishery management entities of Ainu people in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by engagement* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/
Hokkaido Government. "Number of fishery management entities of Ainu people in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by engagement*." Chart. April 9, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 04, 2026. /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/
Hokkaido Government. (2019). Number of fishery management entities of Ainu people in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by engagement*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2026. /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/
Hokkaido Government. "Number of Fishery Management Entities of Ainu People in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by Engagement*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 9 Apr 2019, /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/
Hokkaido Government, Number of fishery management entities of Ainu people in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by engagement* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/ (last visited August 04, 2026)
Number of fishery management entities of Ainu people in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan from 2006 to 2017, by engagement* [Graph], Hokkaido Government, April 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1050611/japan-number-ainu-people-fishery-businesses-by-engagement/
