According to the Genetic and anthropometric studies on Japanese people [1], modern Japanese people: > have about 9-13% Jōmon ancestry (which is highest in the

According to the Genetic and anthropometric studies on Japanese people [1], modern Japanese people: > have about 9-13% Jōmon ancestry (which is highest in the Ainu people, who are largely of Jōmon descent) and the majority of their ancestry from the Yayoi people. > [Yayoi] are genetically most similar to Ryukyuans and Koreans as well as other East Asian people but quite distinct from the Ainu. WARNING: the second point can stir anger in those that culturally identify as Japanese or Korean, two groups with a history of animosity. Hopefully the controversy has diminished since the first genetic studies emerged. > If I hear “Japan is a homogeneous society” one more time, I’m going to write a long angry blog post. Oh wait…this is that blog post. I think this anger is misplaced. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_and_anthropometric_studies_on_Japanese_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_and_anthropometric_stu...