Editing Ainu Wars (section)

{{Act of Villainy|name=Ainu Wars|Image=AinuWars.png|perpetrator=Muromachi Shogunate<br>Tokugawa Shogunate<br>Russian Empire<br>[[Imperial Japan]]<br>[[Tondenhei]]<br>Ainu tribes|date=1457 - 1904|location=Hokkaido<br>Sakhalin<br>Kuril Islands|motive=Secure Hokkaido <small>(succeeded)</small><br>Weaken the threat of the Ainu people <small>(succeeded, later abandoned)|crimes=[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Genocide|Cultural genocide]]<br>Mass destruction<br>Oppression<br>Abuse of power<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Ainuphobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Animal cruelty]]}}

The '''Ainu Wars''' were a series of conflicts and struggles between the Japanese empire and the indigenous Ainu people.

From the {{W|Edo period|Edo period}}, restrictions on the Ainu people and their freedom of trade were tightened, and finally, with the formation of the [[Tondenhei]] in 1874 and their destruction of Ainu settlements, the Ainu people lost their ability to resist and surrendered to [[Imperial Japan]].

Currently, the Ainu culture is protected by the Japanese government and the {{W|Ainu Association Hokkaido|Hokkaido Utari Association}}, and the Ainu language is making a small comeback.