Which country are the ancestors of the Japanese?

Japan's "Economic News" and other media reported on November 1, 2012 that DNA analysis confirmed that modern Japanese are composed of the Jomon, the indigenous inhabitants of the Japanese islands, and the Yayoi people who migrated from the Korean Peninsula. Continuously mixed blood inheritance.

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Japanese are the basic residents of Japan in East Asia. The main body is the Yamato clan. There are more than 25,000 Ainu people in Hokkaido. Belongs to the East Asian type of Mongoloid race. Using Japanese, the language family is undetermined, and most scholars believe it belongs to an independent Japanese language family. He is greatly influenced by Chinese. Use Tokyo dialect as the standard language and promote it nationwide.

Beliefs are relatively common and many religions are popular. After Mahayana Buddhism was introduced through Korea in the 6th century, it quickly spread throughout the country. The traditional Shinto religion is also very common. After the Meiji Restoration, it was designated as the state religion, and there are shrines in urban and rural areas across the country. At the same time, it was deeply influenced by Confucianism and Yangming Studies of the Ming Dynasty. Many people have dual beliefs in God and Buddha, or believe in several religions at the same time.

Generally, Shinto rituals are followed in real-life aspects such as childbirth, marriage, and festivals; Buddhist beliefs are followed in funerals, sacrifices, rituals, etc. Ancestor worship is popular among the people and they believe in many gods. Christianity was introduced to Japan in the 1540s, and believers accounted for about 1% of the country's population. In addition, there are two to three hundred new religions.