| Japanese sect | 13 |
| Japanese seaweed | 16 |
| Japanese seat of government | 27 |
| Japanese seasoning | 18 |
| Japanese seaport with a beer named after it | 43 |
| Japanese seaport or dog | 23 |
| Japanese seaport | 16 |
| Japanese script | 15 |
| Japanese screen | 15 |
| Japanese school of meditation | 29 |
| Japanese sauce | 14 |
| Japanese sashes | 15 |
| Japanese sash | 13 |
| Japanese sandals that resemble clogs and flip-flops | 51 |
| Japanese sandals | 16 |
| Japanese sandal | 15 |
| Japanese salmon? | 16 |
| Japanese salmon | 15 |
| Japanese salad veggie | 21 |
| Japanese salad plants | 21 |
| Japanese salad plant | 20 |
| Japanese salad ingredient | 25 |
| Japanese salad herbs | 20 |
| Japanese salad herb | 19 |
| Japanese salad green | 20 |
| Japanese sake, e.g.? | 20 |
| Japanese sacred mountain | 24 |
| Japanese ruler | 14 |
| Japanese royal, for short | 25 |
| Japanese room divider | 21 |
| Japanese rolls | 14 |
| Japanese robes | 14 |
| Japanese robe | 13 |
| Japanese river | 14 |
| Japanese rival of IBM | 21 |
| Japanese ritual including an iron pot | 37 |
| Japanese ritual | 15 |
| Japanese rice wine (Var.) | 25 |
| Japanese rice wine | 18 |
| Japanese rice drink | 19 |
| Japanese rice beverage | 22 |
| Japanese rice beer | 18 |
| Japanese restaurant vegetable | 29 |
| Japanese restaurant stock | 25 |
| Japanese restaurant staple | 26 |
| Japanese restaurant soup | 24 |
| Japanese restaurant order | 25 |
| 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 |