Karate comes from an island called "Okinawa". Karate basically 'evolved' from Southern Chinese Kung Fu styles. It came to mainland Japan in the late nineteenth-century.
Judo, too, was created in Japan in the late nineteenth-century . Judo is an offshoot of Japanese 'Jujutsu'.
(Note: 'Jujutsu' did not evolve from Karate)
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Actually, Karate originated in Okinawa. In 20th century, it was taken to Japan. From Japan it was taken to US and then it became world famous.