carlip

aren't there like 30,000 Japanese characters? of course some would match, I'll bet there are english ones as well.

leaffur

Katakana is one of 3 alphabets used by the Japanese. It originated from Hiragana, which looks quite different than hebrew

OP ふぁごとです

Illusory

Interesting, but ultimately meaningless. The roots of Japanese kana are well known to be derived from Chinese characters. You can read more about it here: https://www.nihongoresources.com/language/writing/kana.html

Neat coincidence, but not really evidence of anything substantial.

TurdLord5000

Wish I had time to verify this. Can anyone assist?

ThaBadfish

So can we start calling japs slantkikes now?

hats_

"Ricekike" has a nice ring to it.

ethernet

found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Jewish_common_ancestry_theory

The first person to identify the lost tribes with an East Asian nation was João Rodriguez (1561–1634), a Jesuit missionary and interpreter.

lol there they are again. the Jesuits!