Editorial Policy

HIMOROGI is a web media platform that explores the origins of the Japanese people from six perspectives: science, legend, knowledge, analysis, global connections, and the cosmos.

We present scientific findings and legends with equal respect. Rather than dismissing urban legends as 'falsehoods,' we present them alongside science as products of human imagination and inquiry. The final judgment is always left to the reader.

This site does not connect genetic or cultural origins to the superiority, purity, or exclusivity of any group.

It treats the history of the Japanese archipelago as a story shaped by the movement, mixture, and exchange of diverse peoples.

Even when scientific findings, myths, traditions, and hypotheses are read side by side, they are not intended to serve as grounds for modern discrimination, exclusion, or political claims.

Source links in our content are limited to academic papers, official publications, and books. Non-academic sources such as YouTube videos and personal blogs are not used as references.

For books, we prefer bibliographic-verification sources such as the National Diet Library (NDL Search), CiNii Books, and official publisher pages. Where useful for readers, we may also include a purchase / availability link to Amazon.co.jp. Amazon links are provided as a purchase guide; they are not the primary source for bibliographic verification.

Links to Amazon.co.jp carry an Amazon Associates Program affiliate tag. For details on our Associates participation, please see the corresponding section of our Privacy Policy.

We continue to verify our references after publication and revise them when needed. This section summarises our citation-review approach and a digest of recent revisions.

Note: this site does not currently receive academic peer review by external specialists. "Review" here refers to ongoing checks by HIMOROGI's own editors on references, external links, and bibliographic data. Corrections from specialist readers are welcome via the contact address at the foot of this policy.

For each book cited as a reference, we verify the author, title, publisher, and year wherever possible against the National Diet Library (NDL Search), CiNii Books, official publisher pages, or other reliable primary sources. Bibliographic data drawn only from an Amazon product page is not accepted as a sole source.

External links are checked periodically for liveness; where dead links are found, we replace the link with a more stable primary source or restructure the passage.

HIMOROGI does not currently receive formal academic peer review from external researchers, universities, or learned societies. The subject domains span genetics, archaeology, cultural anthropology, religious studies, physics, and more, making it structurally difficult for any single reviewer to cover all of them.

As an internal substitute, HIMOROGI's editors continuously run the following self-checks: (1) periodically auditing how each section's body is linked to the references it relies on; (2) periodically checking external links for liveness and replacing dead links with more stable primary sources; (3) identifying sections where the Japanese and English reference sets differ and recording the editorial rationale; and (4) confirming each book's author, title, publisher, and year against NDL Search, CiNii Books, or official publisher pages before publication. These are editorial self-checks, not a substitute for external academic review.

Specialist readers who notice factual errors or know of better primary sources are encouraged to use the "Contact" link in the site footer. When such input is reflected in the content, the change is recorded under "Recent External-Review Reflections" further down this page. After receipt, we handle each item following our internal procedure: classification, an accept/decline decision, editorial reflection, and confirmation of disclosure preferences with the reviewer.

A record of specialist input received externally and the editorial changes that followed. Entries are added only with the reviewer's consent (real-name vs. anonymous disclosure, and quotation format, are discussed individually after receipt).

There are currently no external-review reflections on record. This section is intentionally kept visible even when empty, as part of our editorial-transparency posture — the first entry will be added as soon as we receive and reflect specialist input.

HIMOROGI is an independent publication operated by KK siiiiiixth. We carry no banner advertising, no paid subscriptions, no reader paywalls, no donations, and no data sales. Google Analytics 4 is used solely to understand aggregate site usage — under Consent Mode v2 all analytics storage is denied by default, and analytics cookies are enabled only with the visitor’s consent (see the Analytics section of our Privacy Policy for details) — and we do not monetise individual reading behaviour.

Our only revenue stream is the Amazon Associates Program referral commission (tag: kksiiiiiixth-22) generated by book links shown alongside references. We anchor bibliographic verification on NDL Search, CiNii Books, and official publisher pages, and include Amazon links only as an optional purchase / availability pathway. This keeps referral revenue structurally separated from how references are selected. For full disclosure of our Associates participation, please see the corresponding section of our Privacy Policy.

Amazon referral fees are treated as part of KK siiiiiixth's overall business and contribute to a portion of HIMOROGI's operating costs (domain, Cloudflare, etc.). Because the site runs on Cloudflare Pages, hosting costs are effectively $0/month, keeping current operating costs extremely light. Additional revenue channels such as donations or subscriptions are not planned at this time but may be reconsidered if the editorial team expands in the future.

While we strive to provide accurate information, HIMOROGI does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of its content. In particular, sections tagged with 'Legend' or 'Hypothesis' badges may contain views that differ from established academic facts.

When referencing information on this site, please check each section's trust badge and use the content at your own judgment and responsibility.