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  2. Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    Japanese people (Japanese: 日本人, Hepburn: Nihonjin) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago. [15][16] Japanese people constitute 97.4% of the population of the country of Japan. [1] Worldwide, approximately 125 million people are of Japanese descent, making them one of the largest ethnic groups.

  3. Japanese clans - Wikipedia

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    Sakai clan (酒井氏) – cadet branch of Nitta clan, by the Tokugawa clan descended from Seiwa Genji. Sakuma clan (佐久間氏) – cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kanmu Heishi. Sanada clan (真田氏) – descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed); famous for Sanada Nobushige who is more commonly known as Sanada Yukimura.

  4. Japanese family - Wikipedia

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    The family is called kazoku (家族) in Japanese. It's basically composed of a couple as is the family in other societies. The Japanese family is based on the line of descent and adoption. Ancestors and offspring are linked together by an idea of family genealogy, or keizu, which does not mean relationships based on mere blood inheritance and ...

  5. Kazoku - Wikipedia

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    The Kazoku (華族, "Magnificent/Exalted lineage") was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords (daimyō) and court nobles (kuge) into one system modelled after the British peerage. Distinguished military officers, politicians, and scholars were occasionally ...

  6. Ainu people - Wikipedia

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    Most of the 888 Japanese people living in Russia (2010 Census) are of mixed Japanese–Ainu ancestry, although they do not acknowledge it (full Japanese ancestry gives them the right of visa-free entry to Japan [186]). Similarly, no one identifies themselves as Amur Valley Ainu, although people of partial descent live in Khabarovsk.

  7. List of common Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]

  8. Yamato people - Wikipedia

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    The Yamato people (大和 民族, Yamato minzoku, lit. 'Yamato ethnicity') or the Wajin (和人 / 倭人, lit. ' Wa people')[1] is a term to describe the ethnic group that comprises over 98% of the population of Japan. Genetic and anthropometric studies have shown that the Yamato are predominantly (over 80% of total genome contribution ...

  9. Obon - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Japan. Obon (お盆) or just Bon (盆) is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves ...