| Country |
| Lacquer |
| 40's foe |
| No place? |
| Noh place |
| Sumo land |
| Asian land |
| Sea of ___ |
| Honshu home |
| Mikado land |
| Sony's home |
| Kobe's home |
| Kobe's land |
| Asian nation |
| Tokyo locale |
| Akita's land |
| Anime's home |
| Eastern land |
| Hard varnish |
| Kobe country |
| Kyoto's land |
| Land of sake |
| Osaka's land |
| Tokyo's home |
| Honda's home |
| Tokyo's land |
| Asian country |
| Kyoto setting |
| Land of kendo |
| Shogun's home |
| Tokyo setting |
| Black lacquer |
| Osaka setting |
| Black varnish |
| Anime's origin |
| Glossy lacquer |
| Hitachi's home |
| Sea or country |
| Tokyo's nation |
| Where Tokyo is |
| Kobe's country |
| Godzilla's land |
| Hirohito's home |
| Kind of varnish |
| Kyoto's country |
| Nintendo's home |
| Osaka's country |
| Sapporo setting |
| Shogun's domain |
| Godzilla's home |
| Tokyo's country |
| Oriental expanse |
| Pacific Rim land |
| Mount Fuji locale |
| Godzilla's domain |
| Neighbor of Korea |
| Yokohama's nation |
| Finish, of a sort |
| Mount Fuji setting |
| ''Shogun'' setting |
| Iwo Jima's country |
| The Mikado" locale |
| 2020 Olympics host |
| The Mikado" setting |
| Asian island nation |
| Center of Shintoism |
| Hard black varnish |
| Mount Fuji's nation |
| Mount Fuji's locale |
| Where Mount Fuji is |
| Yoko Ono's homeland |
| Ring of Fire country |
| Tokyo is its capital |
| Where noh originated |
| Honda's headquarters |
| Godzilla's birthplace |
| Sumo stomping grounds |
| Tom Waits "Big in ___ |
| Toyota's home country |
| Where akitas are from |
| Land of the rising sun |
| Legends are made there |
| Seven Samurai" setting |
| '70s punkers Big in ___ |
| Another name for Yamato |
| Country ruled by a diet |
| Godzilla's home country |
| Hard, brilliant varnish |
| Land of sake and Sasuke |
| Nintendo's headquarters |
| Where Akitas originated |
| Nation of sushi and sumo |
| Where pachinko is played |
| Nation of 47 prefectures |
| Follower of a diet system |
| Site of many ANA landings |
| Where Osaka and Kyoto are |
| Where Tokyo and Kyoto are |
| Source of anime and manga |
| ___ Current (Black Stream) |
| Hello Kitty's home country |
| The Land of the Rising Sun |
| Where "besuboru" is played |
| Modern name for old Cipango |
| Godzilla's stomping grounds |
| Country governed by its diet |
| No performers are found here |
| Pokémon's country of origin |
| Setting for "The Last Samurai |
| Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966 |
| Country where ninjas come from |
| Country split into prefectures |
| Its national anthem is "Kimigayo |
| Land warmed by the Black Stream. |
| Where some ex-major-leaguers play |
| Where women got the vote in 1947. |
| Where one may have a yen to spend |
| Nation where Sony is headquartered |
| FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 winners |
| Where the Pokémon craze originated |
| Home to the Great Buddha of Kamakura |
| Country where Honda is headquartered |
| Nation where anime and Godzilla began |
| Country that is headquarters to Toyota |
| Nation where Nintendo is headquartered |
| Its anthem is "The Reign of Our Emperor |
| Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem |
| It's symbolized by a red circle on white |
| Three-time host nation of the Olympic Games |
| Pachinko billionaire Kunio Busujima's country |
| Major country with the longest life expectancy |
| Country where people are governed by their diet |
| Nation consisting of a 6,852-island archipelago |
| Birthplace of Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland |
| Country that won the 2012 Little League World Series |
| Nation constitutionally prohibited from declaring war |
| Titular destination in a 1978 "Bad News Bears" sequel |
| Country whose flag is a red circle on a white background |
| Country of one of the translated languages in "Lost in Translation |
| Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+] |