| Japanese restaurant offering | 28 |
| Japanese restaurant fare | 24 |
| Japanese religious center | 25 |
| Japanese religion | 17 |
| Japanese relative of the zither | 31 |
| Japanese reign | 14 |
| Japanese region known for its beef? | 35 |
| Japanese red deer | 17 |
| Japanese receptacle | 19 |
| Japanese raw fish dish | 22 |
| Japanese raw fish | 17 |
| Japanese radish | 15 |
| Japanese race: Var. | 19 |
| Japanese quails | 15 |
| Japanese quaff | 14 |
| Japanese purse | 14 |
| Japanese puppet theater | 23 |
| Japanese protein source | 23 |
| Japanese prize in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese war | 47 |
| Japanese primitives | 19 |
| Japanese prime minister: 1964–72 | 39 |
| Japanese Prime Minister: 1960–64 | 39 |
| Japanese prime minister: 1960-64 | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister: 1941–44 | 39 |
| Japanese Prime Minister: 1941-44 | 32 |
| Japanese Prime Minister: 1934–36 | 39 |
| Japanese Prime Minister, once | 29 |
| Japanese prime minister, 2006-07 | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister, 1964-72 | 32 |
| Japanese Prime Minister, formerly | 34 |
| Japanese prime minister who succeeded Fukuda in 2008 | 52 |
| Japanese prime minister Taro ___ | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister Shinzo ___ | 34 |
| Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo who resigned in 2007 | 51 |
| Japanese Prime Minister in W.W. II | 34 |
| Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister 1964-72 | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister | 23 |
| Japanese Premiere | 17 |
| Japanese Premier | 16 |
| Japanese prefecture | 19 |
| Japanese pottery center | 23 |
| Japanese potable | 16 |
| Japanese portal | 15 |
| Japanese port on Honshu | 23 |
| Japanese port near Nagasaki | 27 |
| Japanese port in Honshu | 23 |
| Japanese port city | 18 |
| Japanese port | 13 |
| Japanese porgy | 14 |
| Japanese porcelain ware | 23 |
| Japanese porcelain | 18 |
| Japanese pooches | 16 |
| Japanese pond fish | 18 |
| Japanese pond carp | 18 |
| Japanese police dogs | 20 |
| Japanese poetry similar to haiku | 32 |
| Japanese poetry | 15 |
| Japanese poet Kobayashi ___: 1763–1827 | 45 |
| Japanese poem of 31 syllables | 29 |
| Japanese poem | 13 |
| Japanese PM Shinzo ___ | 22 |
| Japanese PM Naoto who resigned in August 2011 | 45 |
| Japanese plums | 14 |
| Japanese plum | 13 |
| Japanese plaything? | 19 |
| Japanese play | 13 |
| Japanese plants | 15 |
| Japanese plant | 14 |
| Japanese plane of W.W. II | 25 |
| Japanese place for couples | 26 |
| Japanese pitcher Hideo with two no-hitters | 42 |
| Japanese pilgrimage destination | 31 |
| Japanese pieces | 15 |
| Japanese people | 15 |
| Japanese pearlers | 17 |
| Japanese pearl divers | 21 |
| Japanese pearl diver | 20 |
| Japanese peak, respectfully | 27 |
| Japanese peak, for short | 24 |
| Japanese peak | 13 |
| Japanese Peace Nobelist of 1974 | 31 |
| Japanese paste | 14 |
| Japanese pasta | 14 |
| Japanese parliament | 19 |
| Japanese park | 13 |
| Japanese parent? | 16 |
| Japanese paper-folding art | 26 |
| Japanese paper screen | 21 |
| Japanese paper figures | 22 |
| Japanese paper art | 18 |
| Japanese packaged sweet that comes in a "Men's" variety | 69 |
| Japanese P.M.: 1982-87 | 22 |
| Japanese P.M.: 1978-80 | 22 |
| Japanese P.M.: 1972–74 | 29 |
| Japanese P.M.: 1964-72 | 22 |
| Japanese P.M.: 1941-44 | 22 |
| Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ | 24 |
| Japanese P.M. during WWII | 25 |
| Japanese P.M. during W.W. II | 28 |