Editing Ainu Wars (section)

=== Destruction of settlements by [[Imperial Japan]] ===
In 1874, [[Imperial Japan]], fearing a Russian invasion of Hokkaido, formed a group of soldiers called [[Tondenhei]] to develop the island. While Tondenhei was promoting the development of Hokkaido, he also destroyed the Ainu people's settlements and suppressed their resistance by force. In 1904, Tondenhei was dismantled due to the loss of resistance of the Ainu people and the achievement of the complete development of Hokkaido. Thereafter, the Ainu people would continue to be subjected to insidious discrimination by the Japanese at the time who settled in Hokkaido.