| JAPAN | "Shogun" setting |
| JAPAN | "Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966 |
| JAPAN | 40's foe |
| JAPAN | Abe's domain |
| JAPAN | Akita's land |
| JAPAN | Another name for Yamato |
| JAPAN | Asian country where Kazuo Ishiguro was born |
| JAPAN | Asian island nation |
| JAPAN | Asian nation |
| JAPAN | Asian nation whose capital is Tokyo |
| JAPAN | Asian nation; capital Tokyo |
| JAPAN | Birthplace of tennis star Naomi Osaka |
| JAPAN | Black lacquer |
| JAPAN | Black varnish |
| JAPAN | Center of Shintoism |
| JAPAN | Commodore Matthew Perry "opened" this nation |
| JAPAN | Country divided into prefectures |
| JAPAN | Country frequently attacked in Godzilla movies |
| JAPAN | Country known as the "Land of the Rising Sun" |
| JAPAN | Country made up of 6,852 islands |
| JAPAN | Country of 47 prefectures |
| JAPAN | Country that attacked the US on December 7th, 1941 |
| JAPAN | Country that baseball's Ichiro Suzuki is from |
| JAPAN | Country that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| JAPAN | Country that includes the island of Okinawa |
| JAPAN | Country that is headquarters to Toyota |
| JAPAN | Country where Honda is headquartered |
| JAPAN | Country where a gamer known as Sal 9000 married Nene Anegasaki, an avatar in a computer game, in 2009 |
| JAPAN | Country where tennis star Naomi Osaka was born |
| JAPAN | Country which hosts the Formula 1 race at the Suzuka International Racing Course |
| JAPAN | Country whose flag is a red circle on a white background |
| JAPAN | Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+] |
| JAPAN | Emperor Naruhito's country |
| JAPAN | Far-eastern country |
| JAPAN | Finish, of a sort |
| JAPAN | Follower of a diet system |
| JAPAN | Four-time Olympics host |
| JAPAN | G7 nation |
| JAPAN | Go there to play go |
| JAPAN | Godzilla's home |
| JAPAN | Godzilla's home country |
| JAPAN | Godzilla’s home |
| JAPAN | Hirohito's home |
| JAPAN | Home country of Marie Kondo |
| JAPAN | Home for 22-Across |
| JAPAN | Home to sumo wrestling |
| JAPAN | Honda's home |
| JAPAN | Honshu home |
| JAPAN | Island home of 100+ million |
| JAPAN | Its second-largest city is Yokohama |
| JAPAN | Kobe's country |
| JAPAN | Kyoto locale |
| JAPAN | Kyoto setting |
| JAPAN | Kyoto's country |
| JAPAN | Kyoto's land |
| JAPAN | Lacquer |
| JAPAN | Land east of the Yellow Sea |
| JAPAN | Land of kendo |
| JAPAN | Land of the Rising Sun |
| JAPAN | Legends are made there |
| JAPAN | Major country with the longest life expectancy |
| JAPAN | Marie Kondo's country of birth |
| JAPAN | Modern name for old Cipango |
| JAPAN | Mount Fuji's country |
| JAPAN | Naha City locale |
| JAPAN | Naomi Osaka represented this country in the 2021 Olympics |
| JAPAN | Nation where Nintendo is headquartered |
| JAPAN | Nation where Sony is headquartered |
| JAPAN | Nation where anime and Godzilla began |
| JAPAN | Neighbor of Korea |
| JAPAN | Ninjas' land |
| JAPAN | Nintendo's headquarters |
| JAPAN | Nintendo's home |
| JAPAN | No performers are found here |
| JAPAN | One of 38-Across |
| JAPAN | Osaka setting |
| JAPAN | Osaka's country |
| JAPAN | Pokémon's country of origin |
| JAPAN | Sapporo setting |
| JAPAN | Sea of —, that part of the Pacific Ocean east of North Korea |
| JAPAN | See 20-Across |
| JAPAN | Shikoku locale |
| JAPAN | Shinzo Abe's country |
| JAPAN | Sumo land |
| JAPAN | The Land of the Rising Sun |
| JAPAN | The most recent Olympic host country |
| JAPAN | Tokyo is its capital |
| JAPAN | Tokyo is the capital of this Asian country |
| JAPAN | Tokyo setting |
| JAPAN | Tokyo's country |
| JAPAN | Tokyo's home |
| JAPAN | Tokyo's land |
| JAPAN | Tokyo's nation |
| JAPAN | Toyota's home country |
| JAPAN | Where "Arigato" means "Thank you" |
| JAPAN | Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem |
| JAPAN | Where "besuboru" is played |
| JAPAN | Where 7-Down is based |
| JAPAN | Where Akitas originated |
| JAPAN | Where Honda and Mazda are headquartered |
| JAPAN | Where Mount Fuji is |
| JAPAN | Where Nintendo and Nissan are based |
| JAPAN | Where Osaka and Kyoto are |
| JAPAN | Where Pokémon and Hello Kitty were created |
| JAPAN | Where Tokyo and Kyoto are |
| JAPAN | Where Tokyo is |
| JAPAN | Where karaoke originated |
| JAPAN | Where some ex-major-leaguers play |
| JAPAN | Where sushi was invented |
| JAPAN | Where the Pokémon craze originated |
| JAPAN | White background, red circle |
| JAPAN | Yoko Ono's homeland |
| JAPAN | “Shogun” setting |