| Japanese Prime Minister, formerly | 34 |
| Japanese prime minister Taro ___ | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister Shinzo ___ | 34 |
| Japanese Prime Minister in W.W. II | 34 |
| Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi | 32 |
| Japanese prime minister 1964-72 | 32 |
| Japanese poetry similar to haiku | 32 |
| Japanese poet Kobayashi ___: 1763–1827 | 45 |
| Japanese PM Naoto who resigned in August 2011 | 45 |
| Japanese pitcher Hideo with two no-hitters | 42 |
| Japanese noodle sometimes served with tempura | 45 |
| Japanese noodle often served in broth | 37 |
| Japanese model sold from 1970 to 2006 | 37 |
| Japanese metal band that will audibly exhale? | 45 |
| Japanese martial art with bamboo swords | 39 |
| Japanese maker of watches and calculators | 41 |
| Japanese leader Hideki: 1885-1948 | 33 |
| Japanese leader executed in 1948 | 32 |
| Japanese kitchen utensil used for preparing sushi | 49 |
| Japanese instrument with 13 strings | 35 |
| Japanese information technology giant | 37 |
| Japanese immigrant's grandchild | 35 |
| Japanese host of the 1998 Winter Olympics | 41 |
| Japanese historical period that ended in 1868 | 45 |
| Japanese hands-on healing practice | 34 |
| Japanese golfer who won the 1983 Hawaiian Open | 46 |
| Japanese golfer in the World Golf Hall of Fame | 46 |
| Japanese general: 1885–1948 | 34 |
| Japanese general Hideki's talisman? | 39 |
| Japanese general executed in 1948 | 33 |
| Japanese for "the way of the gods" | 44 |
| Japanese for "large hill" | 35 |
| Japanese for "empty orchestra" | 40 |
| Japanese for "empty hand" | 35 |
| Japanese folk music with a swing feel | 37 |
| Japanese fish often found in ponds | 34 |
| Japanese fish dish that can be lethally toxic | 45 |
| Japanese financial market inits. | 32 |
| Japanese film version of King Lear | 36 |
| Japanese figure skater ___ Asada | 32 |
| Japanese fare at a "bar" | 34 |
| Japanese equivalent of "general" | 42 |
| Japanese count of baseball hats? | 32 |
| Japanese cosmetics box (anagram of NOIR) | 40 |
| Japanese company that pioneered dry beer | 40 |
| Japanese code word meaning "tiger" | 44 |
| Japanese code word for "torpedo attack" | 49 |
| Japanese co. that built many supercomputers | 43 |
| Japanese clay ware, named for its place of origin | 49 |
| Japanese city, host of the 1998 Winter Olympics | 47 |
| Japanese city with an atomic bomb museum | 40 |
| Japanese city known for its beer | 32 |
| Japanese character with six whiskers | 36 |
| Japanese cartoons that are simply divine? | 41 |
| Japanese carp found in ornamental ponds | 39 |
| Japanese carmaker with the Rodeo | 32 |
| Japanese candy that is, one hopes, inaptly named | 48 |
| Japanese camera company until 2003 | 34 |
| Japanese butler in "Mame" | 35 |
| Japanese butler in "Auntie Mame" | 42 |
| Japanese born and raised in U.S. | 32 |
| Japanese board games (for hotshots?) | 36 |
| Japanese bidder for the 2008 Summer Games | 41 |
| Japanese beverage made from rice | 32 |
| Japanese audio products company since 1947 | 42 |
| Japanese art of flower arranging | 32 |
| Japanese apples named for a mountain | 36 |
| Japanese alternative healing practice | 37 |
| Japanese age that began 100 years ago | 37 |
| Japanese admiral: 1843–1914 | 34 |
| Japanese admiral who masterminded Pearl Harbor | 46 |
| Japanese adaptation of "King Lear" | 44 |
| Japanese actress Yoko or U.S. astronaut Daniel | 46 |
| Japanese "thank you very much" | 40 |
| Japanese "Another World" singer | 41 |
| Japanese ''yes'' | 32 |
| Japanese ''beef'' city | 38 |
| Japan"s 1970 World's Fair site | 39 |
| Japan's ___ Period, 1603-1867 | 33 |
| Japan's ___ Period (1603-1867) | 34 |
| Japan's second-oldest university | 36 |
| Japan's prime minister since December 2012 | 46 |
| Japan's prime minister from 1964 to 1972 | 44 |
| Japan's largest active volcano | 34 |
| Japan's highest point: Abbr. | 32 |
| Japan's first prime minister Hirobumi ___ | 45 |
| Japan's first prime minister Hirobumi | 41 |
| Japan's equivalent of the Mafia | 35 |
| Japan's emperor beginning 1989 | 34 |
| Japan's commercial center, historically | 43 |
| Japan's Akihito's, e.g.: Abbr. | 38 |
| Japan's "way of the gods" religion | 48 |
| Japan's "second city" | 35 |
| Japan's "City of Water" | 37 |
| Japan is in it, with "the" | 36 |
| Japan city famous for shrines and temples | 41 |
| Japan and China are its biggest importers | 41 |
| January excitement for many sports fans | 39 |
| January 6th Christian celebration | 33 |
| January 1944 Allied landing site | 32 |