Yamato people

ethnic group that inhabits Japan

or is a term in the Japanese language for the cultural values and characteristics of the Japanese people. The phrase was coined in the Heian period to describe the indigenous Japanese 'spirit' or cultural values as opposed to cultural values of foreign nations such as those identified through contact with Tang dynasty China. Later, a qualitative contrast between Japanese and Chinese spirit was elicited from the term. Edo period writers and samurai used it to augment and support the Bushido concept of honor and valor. English translations of Yamato-damashii include the "Japanese spirit", "Japan

1943 secret report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Population Problems Research Center for the Japanese government about race theory, rationale behind racial policy in wartime Japan, and future Asia under Japanese control