I am curious to know. I observed that some Japanese words sound rather… Nigerian. Western Nigerian especially. I haven't noticed this with any other foreign language.

I know that this is a reach but I have heard words like Fuji and Fuku. There are a lot more Japanese words but these are the ones I can remember. I mean, these are Japanese names: Aina, Fumi and Chika.

Names like Akinfenwa or Osa could be mistaken for Japanese.

Ancient Tokyo was also called Edo, which is the name of a tribe in Nigeria.

This quote comes from a forum post on Nairaland detailing the similarities in language.

1.Naka (Japanese name) Odinaka (Igbo name)

2.Owari (Japanese town)
Owerri (Igbo town)

3. Chikamatsu (Japanese name)Chikadibia (Igbo name)

4. Obuchi (Japanese name)Onyebuchi (Igbo name)

5. Ikeda (Japanese name)Ikedia (Igbo name)

6. Be (ancient Japanese word for community)
   Be (Igbo word for house)

7. Abukuma (Japanese town)Akuma (Igbo town)

8. Obama (Japanese town)
   Obama ( Igbo town in Rivers State, near Kalabari)

9. Naze (Japanese town)
   Nanze (Igbo town)

INDIRECT SIMILARITIES

1.Chichi (Japanese town)Chichi (Igbo name)

2. Ofunato (Japanese town)
   Ofu na ato (Igbo phrase meaning ‘One and three’).

3. Osaka (Japanese city)
   Osaka (Igbo name)

4. Mandokoro (Fujiwara family administrative centre)
   Okoro (Igbo name)

5. Ugo (Japanese town)
   Ugo (Igbo name)

6. Iheya (Japanese town)
   Ihe ya (Igbo phrase meaning somebody’s property)

You may think this is all a reach but.....

Check this video out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFohbr7ALeQ

Youtuber - Trey the Explainer reports on the findings that the indigenious people of Japan are most likely distant descendants of a West African tribe that escaped Africa 50,000-70,000 years ago.

Does anyone have more information or maybe a theory regarding this?

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