Japanese Paleolithic are a technology associated in the rest of the world with the beginning of the Neolithic around 10,000 BC. It is not known why such tools were created so early in Japan. Because of this originality, the Japanese Paleolithic period in Japan does not exactly match the traditional definition of Paleolithic based on stone technology (chipped stone tools). Japanese Paleolithic tool implements thus display Mesolithic and Neolithic traits as early as 30,000 BC. The Paleolithic populations of Japan, as well as the later Jōmon populations, appear to relate to an ancient Paleo-Asian group which occupied large parts of Asia before
Frans van Lith When he tried to return to Indonesia, he faced opposition from the Dutch government. In 1924 van Lith finally returned and chose to stay in Semarang, establishing a (HIS) and a "Standaardschool" while teaching Jesuit novices. Van Lith died on 9 January 1926 in Semarang and was interred in the Jesuit cemetery in Muntilan. Frans van Lith Franciscus Georgius Josephus van Lith, SJ or often called Frans van Lith or affectionately Romo van Lith (Javanese:"Father van Lith"), born 17 May 1863 - died 9 January 1926; was a Jesuit priest from Oirschot, Netherlands who pioneered the Catholic mission in Java,