| Japanese mobster | 16 |
| Japanese miniature tree | 23 |
| Japanese middle managers? | 25 |
| Japanese metropolis in "Godzilla Raids Again" | 55 |
| Japanese metropolis | 19 |
| Japanese metalers Lost ___ | 26 |
| Japanese metal band that will audibly exhale? | 45 |
| Japanese merchant vessels | 25 |
| Japanese merchant vessel | 24 |
| Japanese merchant ships | 23 |
| Japanese merchant ship | 22 |
| Japanese mercenary | 18 |
| Japanese mercenaries | 20 |
| Japanese menu listing | 21 |
| Japanese menu item | 18 |
| Japanese medicine case | 22 |
| Japanese media hub city | 23 |
| Japanese measures | 17 |
| Japanese measure | 16 |
| Japanese mattresses | 19 |
| Japanese mattress | 17 |
| Japanese mats | 13 |
| Japanese mat that contains "mat" backward | 51 |
| Japanese mat | 12 |
| Japanese massage practice | 25 |
| Japanese masked drama | 21 |
| Japanese martial art with bamboo swords | 39 |
| Japanese martial art | 20 |
| Japanese market: Abbr. | 22 |
| Japanese market inits. | 22 |
| Japanese market index: Abbr. | 28 |
| Japanese maritime designation | 29 |
| Japanese maker of watches and calculators | 41 |
| Japanese magnate Morita | 23 |
| Japanese luxury auto | 20 |
| Japanese lutes | 14 |
| Japanese lute | 13 |
| Japanese lounging robe | 22 |
| Japanese liquor | 15 |
| Japanese links great Isao ___ | 29 |
| Japanese libation | 17 |
| Japanese legislature | 20 |
| Japanese leaders of old | 23 |
| Japanese leader: Abbr. | 22 |
| Japanese leader of WWII | 23 |
| Japanese leader of the 1960s | 28 |
| Japanese leader of old | 22 |
| Japanese leader Hirobumi ___ | 28 |
| Japanese leader Hirobumi | 24 |
| Japanese leader Hideki: 1885-1948 | 33 |
| Japanese leader executed in 1948 | 32 |
| Japanese leader elected in 2006 | 31 |
| Japanese leader | 15 |
| Japanese ldr. | 13 |
| Japanese lawmaking body | 23 |
| Japanese land unit | 18 |
| Japanese land measure | 21 |
| Japanese lake | 13 |
| Japanese lacquer box | 20 |
| Japanese kombu ingredient | 25 |
| Japanese kitchen utensil used for preparing sushi | 49 |
| Japanese kimono sash | 20 |
| Japanese kana character | 23 |
| Japanese IT company | 19 |
| Japanese island | 15 |
| Japanese isinglass | 18 |
| Japanese instruments | 20 |
| Japanese instrument with 13 strings | 35 |
| Japanese instrument | 19 |
| Japanese ink | 12 |
| Japanese information technology giant | 37 |
| Japanese industrial center | 26 |
| Japanese indigene | 17 |
| Japanese in U.S. | 16 |
| Japanese import since 1986 | 26 |
| Japanese import | 15 |
| Japanese imperial titles | 24 |
| Japanese immigrants | 19 |
| Japanese immigrant, to the U.S. | 31 |
| Japanese immigrant, in America | 30 |
| Japanese immigrant's grandchild | 35 |
| Japanese immigrant's child | 30 |
| Japanese immigrant to U.S. | 26 |
| Japanese immigrant to the U.S. | 30 |
| Japanese immigrant to America | 29 |
| Japanese immigrant in America | 29 |
| Japanese immigrant | 18 |
| Japanese I.T. giant | 19 |
| Japanese hunting dog | 20 |
| Japanese hostess | 16 |
| Japanese host of the 1998 Winter Olympics | 41 |
| Japanese horseradish | 20 |
| Japanese horror film series about a cursed videotape that inspired a similarly-titled American remake | 101 |
| Japanese honorific | 18 |
| Japanese home's partitions | 30 |
| Japanese home run king Sadaharu and actress Sandra | 50 |
| Japanese home divider | 21 |
| Japanese historical period that ended in 1868 | 45 |
| Japanese historical period from the 17th to 19th centuries | 58 |
| Japanese hired companion | 24 |