Galloping along with the Horseriders: Looking for the Founders of JapanAuthor(s): Gari LedyardSource: Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring, 1975), pp.217-254.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/132125
---This is an early statement of the inter-relationships.
A 2011 piece appeared in the NYTimes. Learning a little about problem solving like this by linguists could be a helpful part of students experience of Japanese.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/asia/04language.html?_r=4
The theory about agricultural societies prevailing over hunter/gatherers is described in detail for the passage of rice growing society reaching the Japanese islands by way of the Korean peninsula about 2400 years ago, according to this May 4, 2011 article in the NYTimes.
Key dates: 30,000 years ago (earliest hunter-gather evidence in Japan); 10,000 years ago (Jomon era begins); wet-rice cultivation suitable to cooler climates of Korea (and Japan) about 2400 years ago.
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