The Japanese are a diverse people (Video)
It’s often said that the Japanese are an ethnically homogenous people. YouTube user oniazuma has uploaded this very interesting clip from an NHK documentary that investigates the Japanese genetic sequence:
The Japanese Genetic Sequence:
4.8% Uniquely Japanese
24.2% Korean
25.8% Chinese
8.1% Ainu
16.1% Okinawan
21% Other
The documentary also states that the Japanese are more genetically diverse than Koreans or Chinese people, both of whom have very high percentages of their own unique DNA.
[Thanks to Aekutopia for letting me know about this video!]
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I’ve always thought the Korean sequence in Japanese people was dominant. But in this video shows that Japanese is more Chinese than Korean? How about current studies that show that Koreans are closer to Japanese than Chinese?
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I just finished the video, aren’t they comparing Ainu and Okinawans only? But it might be a different story in the mainland island.
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“main island”, sorry.
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Isn’t this nihonjiron?
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Interesting. I am surprised about the result for China, with all those ethnic minorities. Was this only Han Chinese? Probably, but I would still think there was more mixing.
BTW, that graph refers to the mixing of 本州の日本人, on Honshu, in other words. The idea that Ryukyu people and Ainu people are different is not remotely bizarre of course.
This certainly isn’t classical ‘nihonjinron’, though as it is a theory about the Japanese people then it could be classified as 日本人論 if you insist. However the argument that Japan is in fact very diverse is not going to please the typical rightist Nihonjin-ron supporter.
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The overthinker:
Ah, I see. Thanks for pointing that out, I was confused.
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However the argument that Japan is in fact very diverse is not going to please the typical rightist Nihonjin-ron supporter.
O.T. very true
but what would a “baby making machine” know anyway? /grins/
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Didnt it mention mongoru….mongolian genetics? koreans are monguls gentically, ergo Nihonjin would share a large percent.
What about KYuushuu and Shikoku area’s, they are not Honshuu, but should be included
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