| Japanese company whose name means "three oceans" | 58 |
| Japanese company that pioneered dry beer | 40 |
| Japanese compact S.U.V. | 23 |
| Japanese commercial district | 28 |
| Japanese commercial center | 26 |
| Japanese comics style | 21 |
| Japanese comics | 15 |
| Japanese comic-book genre | 25 |
| Japanese comic strip | 20 |
| Japanese comic books | 20 |
| Japanese comic book style | 25 |
| Japanese comic book genre | 25 |
| Japanese colonel in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" | 60 |
| Japanese coins: Abbr. | 21 |
| Japanese coins | 14 |
| Japanese coin of yore | 21 |
| Japanese coin | 13 |
| Japanese code word meaning "tiger" | 44 |
| Japanese code word for "torpedo attack" | 49 |
| Japanese coats | 14 |
| Japanese co. that built many supercomputers | 43 |
| Japanese clothing chain | 23 |
| Japanese clothing brand with the slogan "Life Wear" | 61 |
| Japanese clogs | 14 |
| Japanese clog | 13 |
| Japanese clay ware, named for its place of origin | 49 |
| Japanese classical drama | 24 |
| Japanese city, now called Iwaki | 31 |
| Japanese city, host of the 1998 Winter Olympics | 47 |
| Japanese city with the world's largest train station (in floor area) | 72 |
| Japanese city with geisha | 25 |
| Japanese city with an atomic bomb museum | 40 |
| Japanese city whose name means "large hill" | 53 |
| Japanese city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics | 50 |
| Japanese city on the Yodo | 25 |
| Japanese city near Kyoto | 24 |
| Japanese city known for its beer | 32 |
| Japanese city bombed in W.W. II | 31 |
| Japanese city | 13 |
| Japanese citizen of U.S. | 24 |
| Japanese chip maker | 19 |
| Japanese chicken snacks? | 24 |
| Japanese chess | 14 |
| Japanese cherry tree | 20 |
| Japanese chef's paste | 25 |
| Japanese character with six whiskers | 36 |
| Japanese ceremonial drinks | 26 |
| Japanese ceremonial drink | 25 |
| Japanese caviar ad | 18 |
| Japanese case | 13 |
| Japanese cartoons that are simply divine? | 41 |
| Japanese cartoons | 17 |
| Japanese cartooning style | 25 |
| Japanese cartooning | 19 |
| Japanese cartoon style | 22 |
| Japanese cartoon genre | 22 |
| Japanese cartoon art genre | 26 |
| Japanese cartoon art | 20 |
| Japanese cartoon | 16 |
| Japanese carp found in ornamental ponds | 39 |
| Japanese carp | 13 |
| Japanese carmaker with the Rodeo | 32 |
| Japanese carmaker | 17 |
| Japanese car | 12 |
| Japanese capital, once | 22 |
| Japanese capital, formerly | 26 |
| Japanese capital until 1868 | 27 |
| Japanese Capital region | 23 |
| Japanese capital of yore | 24 |
| Japanese capital | 16 |
| Japanese cape | 13 |
| Japanese canine | 15 |
| Japanese candy that is, one hopes, inaptly named | 48 |
| Japanese candy sticks | 21 |
| Japanese camera company until 2003 | 34 |
| Japanese camera | 15 |
| Japanese caldera | 16 |
| Japanese cabbage? | 17 |
| Japanese butler in "Mame" | 35 |
| Japanese butler in "Auntie Mame" | 42 |
| Japanese Buddhist's church | 30 |
| Japanese Buddhist sect | 22 |
| Japanese buckwheat noodle | 25 |
| Japanese bucks | 14 |
| Japanese brew | 13 |
| Japanese breed of dog that figured in O.J.'s "Trial of the Century" | 81 |
| Japanese breed of dog | 21 |
| Japanese breed | 14 |
| Japanese bread? | 15 |
| Japanese bread | 14 |
| Japanese brazier | 16 |
| Japanese boxes | 14 |
| Japanese box set | 16 |
| Japanese box lunch | 18 |
| Japanese box | 12 |
| Japanese bowlful | 16 |
| Japanese bourse: Abbr. | 22 |
| Japanese born and raised in U.S. | 32 |
| Japanese bobtail | 16 |
| Japanese board games (for hotshots?) | 36 |