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The are the dominant native ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is a term that came to be used around the late 19th century to distinguish the residents of the mainland Japan
Mainland Japan

is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories. It was an official term in the pre-war period, distinguishing Japan and the colonies in East Asia....
 from other minority ethnic groups who have resided in the peripheral areas of Japan such as Ainu
Ainu people

are an ethnic group indigenous peoples to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to Ethnic issues in Japan....
, Ryukyuans, Nivkhs
Nivkhs

The Nivkhs are an indigenous people ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai....
, Uilta
Oroks

Oroks are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the southern group of the Tungusic languages and have no written language....
, as well as Koreans
Korean people

The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in East Asia. Most Koreans speak the Korean language....
, Taiwanese
Taiwanese people

Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or the lands and territories which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945....
, and Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myth, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8000 years before major Han Chinese immigration began in the 17th century ....
 who were incorporated into the Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 in the early 20th century.

The name "Yamato" comes from the Yamato Court
Yamato period

The is the period of history of Japan when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato Province.While conventionally assigned to the period 250?710 , the actual start of Yamato rule is disputed....
 that existed in Japan in the 4th century.






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The are the dominant native ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is a term that came to be used around the late 19th century to distinguish the residents of the mainland Japan
Mainland Japan

is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories. It was an official term in the pre-war period, distinguishing Japan and the colonies in East Asia....
 from other minority ethnic groups who have resided in the peripheral areas of Japan such as Ainu
Ainu people

are an ethnic group indigenous peoples to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to Ethnic issues in Japan....
, Ryukyuans, Nivkhs
Nivkhs

The Nivkhs are an indigenous people ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai....
, Uilta
Oroks

Oroks are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the southern group of the Tungusic languages and have no written language....
, as well as Koreans
Korean people

The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in East Asia. Most Koreans speak the Korean language....
, Taiwanese
Taiwanese people

Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or the lands and territories which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945....
, and Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myth, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8000 years before major Han Chinese immigration began in the 17th century ....
 who were incorporated into the Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 in the early 20th century.

The name "Yamato" comes from the Yamato Court
Yamato period

The is the period of history of Japan when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato Province.While conventionally assigned to the period 250?710 , the actual start of Yamato rule is disputed....
 that existed in Japan in the 4th century. It was originally the name of the region where the Yamato people first settled in Nara Prefecture
Nara Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in the Kansai region on Honshu Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara, Nara....
. In the 6th century, the Yamato people founded a state modeled on the Chinese
History of China

China civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River valley in the Neolithic era. The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty ....
 states of Sui
Sui Dynasty

The Sui Dynasty followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes....
 and Tang
Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
 which were the most advanced polities in Asia at the time. As the Yamato's influence expanded on the island, their language replaced Old Japanese becoming the common spoken language. Ryukyuan
Ryukyuan languages

The Ryukyuan languages are spoken in the Ryukyu Islands, and make up a subfamily of the Japonic languages language family.The Ryukyuan languages and Japanese diverged "not long before the first written evidences of Japanese appeared, that is to say, at some point before the 7th century"....
, the languages of the Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands are part of the . From around 1800 on, they have spelled Luchu, Loo-choo, or Lewchew, from the Chinese Liuqiu. They consist of a chain of Islands of Japan in the western Pacific Ocean at the eastern limit of the East China Sea and stretch southwest from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan....
, split from Old Japanese somewhere between the 3rd and 5th centuries.

There is however a controversy on whether to include the Ryukyuans in the Yamato, or identify them as an independent ethnic group, or as a sub-group that constitutes Japanese ethnicity together with the Yamato because of close similarities suggested by genetics and linguistics. argues that Ryukyuans are the , whereas Kunio Yanagita suggests that they were a part of the ancestors of the Japanese who came from the south and parted at the Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands are part of the . From around 1800 on, they have spelled Luchu, Loo-choo, or Lewchew, from the Chinese Liuqiu. They consist of a chain of Islands of Japan in the western Pacific Ocean at the eastern limit of the East China Sea and stretch southwest from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan....
 from the rest who eventually reached the Japanese archipelago and became the Yamato.

See also

  • Ethnic issues in Japan
    Ethnic issues in Japan

    A comment by U.N. special rapporteur on racism and xenophobiaIn 2005, a United Nations special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia expressed concerns about "deep and profound" racism in Japan and insufficient government recognition of the problem....
  • Yamato
    Yamato

    Yamato is an ancient names of Japan. The term was extension to mean ?Japan? or ?Japanese? in general. As such, the Ryukyuans sometimes use this name in contrasting mainland Japan with Okinawa Prefecture, and in the Okinawan language, Yamato is called "Yamatu"....
  • Yamato-damashii - 'the Japanese spirit'
    Yamato-damashii

    is a historically and culturally loaded word in the Japanese . The phrase was coined in the Heian period for an indigenous 'spirit' that was shown to best light when polished by 'Chinese learning'....
  • Japanese people
    Japanese people

    The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan....
  • Nihonjinron
    Nihonjinron

    The term literally means theories/discussions about the Japanese people. The term refers to a genre of texts that focus on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity....
  • Ryukyuan people
  • Ainu people
    Ainu people

    are an ethnic group indigenous peoples to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to Ethnic issues in Japan....
  • Yamato period
    Yamato period

    The is the period of history of Japan when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato Province.While conventionally assigned to the period 250?710 , the actual start of Yamato rule is disputed....
  • Yamato Province
    Yamato Province

    was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshu. It was also called . At first, the name was written with one different character , and for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ....
  • Japanese battleship Yamato
    Japanese battleship Yamato

    Yamato , named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet....
  • An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
    An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus

    was a secret Japanese government report created by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ?s Welfare's Population Problems Research Center and completed on July 1, 1943....