The Jōmon people (縄文人) are any of the many ancient people living in Japan. They arrived in Japan more than 45,000 years ago. It is now confirmed that they were not a homogeneous population but consisted of several groups which migrated into Japan during the Jōmon period. The diverse Jōmon…

Onmyōdō does still exist. Onmyōdō is a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism. It is based on the native Shinto and Chinese traditions with Taoist influence. The system of Onmyōdō was established around the late 7th century. Onmyōdō was under the control of the imperial…

Mongoloid people, now often referred as “East-Eurasians”, are native to East Asia, Southeast Asia, Siberia/North Asia, Polynesia, Central Asia and the Native Americans. People of East Asian, Southeast Asian, Siberian, as well as Central Asian ancestry are closely related to each other genetically. Even American Natives. It is called the…

No, not exactly. The Japanese people are predominantly descendants of the ancient Yayoi people, while Koreans themselves formed from Siberians and local assimilated Yayoi (Peninsular Japonic). Today, we are undoubtedly closely related (besides that we are East Asians), but it is more complicated than it seems.