Middle school girl, producer strive to preserve Ainu musicOBIHIRO, Japan - Akemi Takeyama (C) and her mother, Miyuki (L), play Ainu traditional instruments ''mukkuri'' in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17.(Kyodo Press)
Wise Monkeys - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak
No Evil in the Nikko Toshogu Shrine (17th Cent). In Japanese it's literally "see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing" mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru in the proverb "San-en."