大和族
In present-day Japan, the term Yamato "minzoku" may be seen as antiquated for connoting racial notions that have been discarded in many circles since Japan's surrender in World War II. "Japanese people" or even "Japanese-Japanese" are often used instead, although these terms also have complications owing to their ambiguous blending of notions of ethnicity and nationality. If regarded as a single ethnic group, the Yamato people are among the world's largest. They have ruled Japan for almost its entire history.