The Ancient
Refugees From Religious Persecution
In Japan
The Tribe of Hada
http://www.keikyo.com/books/hada/

http://www.moshiach.com/tribes/japan.html

Is this really matters?

can’t really see the japanese caring that much after all they seem to have lost ‘god’ from the culture.hope it doesn’t turn into another excuse for interference in politics of another counrty to benefit israel like in amereica

Oni-azuma’s blog has a link to a PBS page on the issue. I haven’t read the PBS page yet, but at the top of it, I found this:
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Daber: in Hebrew, to speak.
Daberu: Japanese for chatting.
Goi: a non-Hebrew or foreigner.
Gai’Jeen: prefix for a foreigner, a non-Japanese.
Kor: cold in Hebrew.
Koru: to freeze in Japanese.
Knesset: Parliament in Hebrew.
Kensei: Constitutional government in Japanese.
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“Daberu”? Is this some kind of dialect for “shaberu”?
I’ll skip lightly over the spelling of “gaijin” and just note that, like “kensei” it is a contracted word made up of kanji that had their sounds set before the word. And hey, there are many words in Japan that sound like “kensei” – one, 賢聖, means “wise men and saints”. Okay, you could say that the word “gaijin” itself dates from the Heian period (where it also meant “enemy”) but since the link here is just the “gai” part, then the link becomes very thin indeed. And are we also supposed to think, since most Japanese on-yomi sounds came from China, that the Chinese are also a Lost Tribe?

“The first known king of Japan, who was named Osee, ruled around 730 BC” Huh? Osee? That can’t even be written as is in Japanese. This it seems was taken from the 19th-century work of one Scotsman, Nicholas McLeod, who published a book in 1878 in Nagasaki called “Epitome of the ancient history of Japan” (cover title: Japan and the Lost Tribes of Israel) and another in Kyoto under the title “Illustrations to the Epitome of the ancient history of Japan,” including illustrations to the guide book.
The thesis of these extraordinary books was that the holy class of Japan is descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel. He claimed that the first known king of Japan was called Osee and came to the throne in 730 B.C., identifying him with Hoshea, the last king of Israel, who died in 722 B.C.

Needless to say, the first king of Japan was not some guy called Osee in 730BC. The Kojiki and the other ancient records agree that the first ruler was Jinmu (I guess that means ex-President Jimmy Carter goes back in time to found Japan…), though no historian actually takes the Kojiki literally any more.

“Several artifacts in Japan have been traced to Assyrian and Jewish sources”
This is quite possible: the Shosoin Repository in Nara houses one of the world’s greatest collections of Silk Road art from a thousand or more years ago. Would not be surprised at all that some Middle Eastern stuff got there.

Here’s some more nonsense from PBS (those Americans who pay for this, I feel your pain): “Among the Samurai sect, there is a tradition that their ancient ancestors came to Japan from western Asia around 660 BC.The name ‘Samurai’ recalls ‘Samaria’. And to which tribe do the Japanese belong? There are those who claim that the Mikado, the Japanese emperor, is a descendant of the Hebrew tribe of Gad. ‘Mikado’ recalls the Hebrew word for ‘his majesty the king,’ ‘Malchuto’.”

Uh, nope. 660BC is the mythical date of Japan’s founding by Jinmu – nothing about arriving out of West Asia. The name “samurai” recalls Samuel too – is Samuel L. Jackson not just a kick-arse Jedi but destined to go back in time (probably with Jimmy) to found the order of knights (ahem ahem) that Lucas based the Jedi (in part) on? That would be irony.

Here’s a long site on the idea:
http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/tribesjapan.htm
Note that when Alternative History sites say things like “scholars say” they are generally very reluctant to say exactly who these scholars are, what they said, and when they said it. Instead, like this site, they gather a whole bunch of stuff that sorta looks the same, and conclude that it IS the same.

Now, given the fact that there was trade etc all along Asia, some Jewish ideas and artifacts may have influenced Japanese art and culture, probably indirectly via China. But to claim that the Japanese are a Lost Tribe is just a little bit too much to swallow….

Hmm, it’s either that or the Japanese simply copied some traditions from some foreigners, but that’s highly impossible right? *rolls eyes*

Even the Portuguese, who simply traded with Japan, have currently over 400 words that have been borrowed into Japanese, the most common being ‘arigato’. In some towns, a festival is thrown on June 13th, same as Saint Anthony’s, does that make these people long lost Portuguese? Let’s also ignore the fact that there are thousands of Mandarin/Cantonese words and uh, a large portion of kanji, and the kimono, and farming attire, etc., and the fact that many Japanese look like Malaysian islanders rather than Je-wish people.

Nothing to see here, just the ol’ once a year, “We’re actually white, not asian!”

The evidence is compelling.

I was sceptical at first, but now I have no doubt in my mind.

I believe the Japanese are Jews.

Jewish?

I don’t think so. The Jews come from the family of Judah. They are not part of the lost 10 tribes. But there are many other tribes of Israel that are gone. I do think it’s one of the tribes.

The Japanese are great imitators and adopters. Japanese people came from China. In all probably they adopted some rituals from some lost Israel tribe, but are not themselves jewish.

I think the evidence in this video is pretty compelling that there may have been some Jewish settlers, and by that thought, probably some Jewish blood that probably ended up in Japan. Some of the cultural and linguistic similarities (the kana, the middle eastern paintings for that one festival) that seem pretty hard to not at least come to a conclusion that there is a possibility that Jewish people settled in Japan at some point in the past.

I’m quite shocked by the number of people who outright refuse to see it as a possibility. Of course it could all be something else, but to flat our write off the idea is absurd.

Furthermore, the comment in the video about the jewish guy who came to collect DNA samples…and then nothing further was mentioned of it. If there were a blood connection that would have made front page news in most countries.

I still say they adopted it.

Think about it..Buddhism is from India and yet it is the religion in south east asia, china and to a large degree Japan…and are they all Indian? No. Are people scrambling around trying to identify japanese as some long forgotten indian tribe? No.

They adopted buddhism from india.

The cynic in me says that some japanese people would love to have some real connection with jewish people since Japan erroneously believes that jews rule the world.

It is more probable that any Jews in Japan, pre-European contact, were of Chinese extraction. There has been a universally recognized Jewish presence in China for a very, very long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China

But it must be admitted that even though a Jewish connection in Japan is possible, it is hardly unusual for a migrant group to cause wide-ranging change. The Roma of Europe (gypsies) are known now to be migrants from India, for example.

I think the most important aspect of this situation, both as an American and a person with some Hebrew heritage, has got to be in allowing us to recognize the interconnectedness of history. In school, I was taught world history in a haphazard, geographic way, downplaying inter-cultural exchange. It probably never occurs to many people that, say, Vedic Indian culture influenced other civilizations, let alone that they even exist in the same chronology.

My take: there is a possibility of some sense of Aryanism, Semitic-style, in that video. The last thing I wanted to hear is the Japanese saying, “Oh, we’re the chosen people!” and chose to be high-and-mighty about being Asian, and their relationship with her neighbours.

This kind of video, while opening up an avenue for a plausible theory (that the Japanese are related to, somewhat, the Jews), also exposes the hidden dangers of interpreting the message wrongly. It’s interesting, yes, but as I said, there are movements in Israel that wishes to move these “lost” tribes to back Israel.

The last thing to add fuel to an already fired-up Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is more influx of “lost Jews” by way of “settlements.”

Man, as if Japan didn’t have enough Morman missionaries. They’re gonna be swamped in them now….

Gosh! What the heck is this stupid TV show!

Wow an asian jew never thought the day would come! I do not believe it, its called influence and people then to copy people

Its called influcence and adopting.

Two items:

1. Japanese do have two distinct and documented traces to Areas farther afield than the Mediteranean. Their language is Ural-Altaic, not Chinese in origin. Meaning, in pronunciation Japanese is closer to Finnish than Chinese. Migratory patterns 2 to 3 thousand years ago moved through Mongolia, Korea, and into Japan bringing the language with it. And of course the Ainu are Caucasian in appearance and genetics. Japan is not so distant as Europeans tend to believe. In Roman and Greek times movement from the Mediteranian and Europe was easier than during the Middle Ages and up to modern times.

2. Kaifeng China has a shul (synagogue..Greek term so I don’t like to use it.) that is 1500 years old. There is an inscription there thanking the Jews (Ivrit) for settling there and establishing a silk production facility. The shul has Hebrew scrolls, Torah, and Megillah of Esther. At the beginning of this century no one could be found in Kaifeng that could read Hebrew, but they kept the scrolls nonetheless. And to this day many in Kaifeng do not eat pork (very strange for Chinese!)

So it is extremely easy to see how Jews could migrate into Japan. There are many other parallels. Modern Westerners tend to accept “Ashkenazic” looking Jews all too easily (with detrament to Israel from the waves of so called lost Russian Jews that are really nothing of the kind in many cases, yet have a hard time with Asian looking ones. Jews of two thousand years ago looked like modern Arabs, yet over time, adaptation and assimilation can bring physical characteristics simular to the area….Caucasian or Asian. No one would dare think of believing that Einstein, Rabbi Schneerson, or Frued were not Jewish because they looked so European, and Germany is sooo distant from Israel. Yet we accept that easily. But Asian looking…..”Funny, they don’t look Jewish.”

And I am still looking into it. But the “Cohen Gene” was detected in Japan, but I will not comment until I can get the article with the information.

Yea…a man named Chiune Sugihara brought Jews from Europe to Japan during World War 2.

before Japan make korean colony, Korean always memorize Dangung period’s age and ancestor. But when japan administered korea, Japanese upper person said japan have to change korea’s history because Korean nation have pride as a descendant from Dangun. So that period, Japan brunt most of korea’s history books. only the number of books that is about Dangun(korea’s ancestor) is over 200000. Nowadays, by historical material it is more making clear and clear the Fact korea is lost tribe of Israle (Dan). God pursuit True. Not fake. even though Japan took out Most of Korea’s material and make history dostortion. but God will judge them. Korean go missionary Work most many in the world (according to Rate-Korea1, as the number of people-USA 1, Korea2) how about Japan? only 1~2% japanese are christain, There was holoy spirit in Korean peninsula in 1907. God chosen Korean nation. Korean got suffering For 100 years currently. Japan never accept their fault that They Genocided so many Korean even Japan was colony of Korea for 1500 years in the past. You guys don’t be afraid of GOD?

Never knew the day would come, an Asian Jew?

Han-
There are Asian Jews.
I for one am an Asian Jew (Indian). A mix.
My father being a typical American Jew with Ashkenazi (European Jewish) decent.
My Mother is a pure Indian Jew, from Ahmadabad, of the Bnei Israel. There was a few large Indian Jewish communities in India for ages now… It has gotten smaller, because most of the Indian Jews have left for Israel. I was born, and raised here, in the US. A lot of Americans, American Jews (that have easily assimilated into American culture), foreigners, people who do not have such a knowledge on Judaism, and the Jewish people find it shocking to hear of an Indian Jew, or simply put it an Asian Jew.
I can tell you that there are most defiantly Asian Jews out there (a lot of them over the years, assimilating into their Asian brethren’s culture and moving on… But, now a lot of young Asian Jews are rediscovering their Jewish heritage). The known Asian Jews (that I know of, and read about) consist of Chinese, Indians (that of which I have a heritage), Burmese, and Thai.
I am very interested in this topic about Japanese and Jews.
I have read many articles about such, and seen many videos.
There just isn’t enough research to prove so.. Though it seems so close to being true. I am waiting for the day to when this topic is disclosed as either; Fact, or Fiction!

-Leora

**Also there is a very good book written by Avigdor Shachanabout how Jews dispersed through Asia. Afghanistan, India, China, and Japan.

Although people commonly associate Japanese with eating fish, many of them also eat PORK. They even have their own kind of pig. I am American Jew (by birth, not current faith), but am married to a Japanese, and I also live in Japan. I see nothing that Jews and Japanese have in common. This video is bull. Actually, if you called my wife or 95% of the Japanese I know Jews, they would be highly offended. Jews are not very popular in Japan.

awesome stuff go Israel we love ya