Lost Tribes of Israel and Christians in Ancient Japan?

There appears to be some connections between the Japanese Hata clan with the lost tribes of Israel and Christians:





But the Ainu people are very interesting as well and may be the first people to Japan:





by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)


Sources:

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Jewish_Common_Ancestor_Theory

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