Kayano Shigeru is the founder and director of the Kayano Shigeru Ainu Memorial Museum. He is a Diet member, the first Ainu to be elected. Kyoko Selden teaches Japanese at Cornell University. Lili Selden is a graduate student in Japanese literature at the University of Michigan. Kumazawa Makoto is professor of economics at Konan University. Andrew Gordon is professor of history at Harvard University. Mikiso Hane is professor of history at Knox College. Mikiso Hane is professor emeritus of history at Knox College and has written extensively on Japan for over twenty-five years.

Kayano Shigeru is the founder and director of the Kayano Shigeru Ainu Memorial Museum. He is a Diet member, the first Ainu to be elected. Kyoko Selden teaches Japanese at Cornell University. Lili Selden is a graduate student in Japanese literature at the University of Michigan. Kumazawa Makoto is professor of economics at Konan University. Andrew Gordon is professor of history at Harvard University. Mikiso Hane is professor of history at Knox College.