We analyzed the mitochondrial DNA extracted from 14 human skeletal remains from the Doigahama site in Japan to clarify ... differences in social structures during the Yayoi period.

"We are very excited about our findings on the tripartite [three-part] structure of Japanese ... of the first social classes and the concept of landownership. The Yayoi period transitioned into ...

A research team from the University of Tokyo analyzed DNA from a Yayoi-period ... makeup of the Japanese people group. This new information led some experts to develop a dual-structure model ...

“During the Yayoi period, immigrants from the Korean peninsula admixed with the Jomon people, leading to the formation of the ancestral population of modern Japanese people.” The findings ...

The Yayoi Period (about 300 B.C.-A.D. 300) was Japan's Iron Age, an era when agricultural techniques significantly progressed. During that time, farming expertise, much influenced by the ...

TOTTORI -- A 35-year-old man from Osaka Prefecture won the grand prix in an ancient Yayoi man look-alike contest held in this western Japan city ... ruins from the Yayoi period (dating back ...

Some of the earliest inhabitants of Japan came from the Korean peninsula, according to a new study that sheds more light on ancient immigration patterns to the archipelago. Japan may be an ...