FOCUS:Japan returns Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander remains to Australia

Japan has returned the remains of 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to Australia in the country's first such repatriation, marking the latest move in a global movement to return the human remains of indigenous peoples once taken abroad for research or collection.The remains, taken in the 19th and 20th centuries and held by three Japanese research institutions, were handed over to representatives of the Australian government and Aboriginal communities in a ceremony at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo last week, before being flown home, according to the government.At Australia's …READ FULL ARTICLE