Yayoi people

Not to be confused with Yaoi.

The Yayoi people (弥生人, Yayoi-jin) were an ancient people who immigrated to the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE) and are characterized by the existence of Yayoi material culture. Some argue for an earlier start of the Yayoi period, between 1000 and 800 BCE, but this date is contested.

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