Why Trust Us? A research team from the University of Tokyo analyzed DNA from a Yayoi-period skeleton to determine the ancestral makeup of the modern Japanese population. The unique DNA makeup ...

The bloodlines of modern Japanese lie with immigrants from the Korean Peninsula who arrived in the archipelago during the Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 250), new research suggests.

“During the Yayoi period, immigrants from the Korean peninsula admixed with the Jomon people, leading to the formation of the ancestral population of modern Japanese people.” The findings ...

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The Japanese Archipelago was relatively isolated during the Jomon period until around 3000 BCE. Then, during the Yayoi and Kofun periods, immigration to the islands from continental Asia began.

According to the analyses, these immigrants began arriving in Japan during the Yayoi period and mixed with the Jomon population, forming the ancestral group that gave rise to modern Japanese people.