| Japanese "soft art" (max opening score of 92 points) | 62 |
| Japanese "superfood" | 30 |
| Japanese "thank you very much" | 40 |
| Japanese "thanks" | 27 |
| Japanese "yes" | 24 |
| Japanese 13-stringed instrument | 31 |
| Japanese abacus | 15 |
| Japanese aborgine | 17 |
| Japanese aborigin | 17 |
| Japanese aboriginal | 19 |
| Japanese aborigine | 18 |
| Japanese aborigines | 19 |
| Japanese aborigines: var. | 25 |
| Japanese accessory | 18 |
| Japanese actress Yoko or U.S. astronaut Daniel | 46 |
| Japanese adaptation of "King Lear" | 44 |
| Japanese adieu | 14 |
| Japanese admiral | 16 |
| Japanese admiral et al. | 23 |
| Japanese admiral who masterminded Pearl Harbor | 46 |
| Japanese admiral Yuko | 21 |
| Japanese admiral: 1843–1914 | 34 |
| Japanese admiral: 1858-1936 | 27 |
| Japanese affirmative | 20 |
| Japanese age that began 100 years ago | 37 |
| Japanese airline | 16 |
| Japanese AKC breed | 18 |
| Japanese alcoholic drinks | 25 |
| Japanese alternative healing practice | 37 |
| Japanese American | 17 |
| Japanese Americans | 18 |
| Japanese ancestor worship | 25 |
| Japanese and Chinese | 20 |
| Japanese and Javanese | 21 |
| Japanese and Koreans | 20 |
| Japanese animation style | 24 |
| Japanese appetizer | 18 |
| Japanese apples named for a mountain | 36 |
| Japanese apricot | 16 |
| Japanese apricots | 17 |
| Japanese art | 12 |
| Japanese art form | 17 |
| Japanese art genre | 18 |
| Japanese art medium | 19 |
| Japanese art of flower arranging | 32 |
| Japanese art of folding paper | 29 |
| Japanese art of paper folding | 29 |
| Japanese art of paper-folding | 29 |
| Japanese art of self-defense | 28 |
| Japanese assassin | 17 |
| Japanese assembly | 17 |
| Japanese assent | 15 |
| Japanese astronomer | 19 |
| Japanese athlete | 16 |
| Japanese athletes | 17 |
| Japanese attack site, June 1942 | 31 |
| Japanese audio products company since 1947 | 42 |
| Japanese auto | 13 |
| Japanese automaker | 18 |
| Japanese automakers, e.g. | 25 |
| Japanese band | 13 |
| Japanese band? | 14 |
| Japanese bands? | 15 |
| Japanese banjo | 14 |
| Japanese bastion of W.W. II | 27 |
| Japanese batter | 15 |
| Japanese battle cry | 19 |
| Japanese battle cry in WWII | 27 |
| Japanese bay | 12 |
| Japanese bay city | 17 |
| Japanese bean curd | 18 |
| Japanese bean paste | 19 |
| Japanese Beatle backer? | 23 |
| Japanese Beatle? | 16 |
| Japanese beds | 13 |
| Japanese beef | 13 |
| Japanese beef center | 20 |
| Japanese beer | 13 |
| Japanese beer brand | 19 |
| Japanese beer named for a city | 30 |
| Japanese beetle, e.g. | 21 |
| Japanese beetle, to a gardener | 30 |
| Japanese belief | 15 |
| Japanese belt | 13 |
| Japanese beverage | 17 |
| Japanese beverage made from rice | 32 |
| Japanese beverages | 18 |
| Japanese bidder for the 2008 Summer Games | 41 |
| Japanese bigwig of old | 22 |
| Japanese bikes | 14 |
| Japanese bird dish? | 19 |
| Japanese board game | 19 |
| Japanese board game: var. | 25 |
| Japanese board games (for hotshots?) | 36 |
| Japanese bobtail | 16 |
| Japanese born and raised in U.S. | 32 |
| Japanese bourse: Abbr. | 22 |
| Japanese bowlful | 16 |
| Japanese box | 12 |
| Japanese box lunch | 18 |