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An Ainu man brought a net into the river to catch salmon. "Catching fish is a crime," the police warned, standing in front of the man. To catch salmon in a river, even for a traditional ceremony, permission from the prefecture is required. However, the man argued that catching salmon for ceremonial purposes is an indigenous right and that permission is not required. The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has recommended that the Japanese government make efforts to improve the situation, citing that the rights of Ainu people over land and natural resources have not been adequately guaranteed. We follow a man who wants indigenous rights to be legalized. (Broadcast on Ichioshi! on September 5, 2018)