Land of sumo and sushi
Else clues• 'Shogun' setting
• Land of the rising sun
• Seven Samurai setting
• The Mikado locale
• The Mikado setting
• Walk, Don't Run setting, 1966
• 1998 Olympics site
• 40's foe
• Akita's home
• Alphaville's Big in ___
• American ally
• Another name for Yamato
• Asian archipelago
• Axis nation
• Baseball-loving country
• Black lacquer
• Black varnish
• Butterfly's land
• Country ruled by a diet
• Country split into prefectures
• Country whose flag is a red circle on a white background
• Country whose largest island is Honshu
• Decorative, enamel coating
• FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 winners
• Finish, of a sort
• Glossy lacquer
• Go home?
• Godzilla's domain
• Godzilla's stomping ground
• Good place to have a yen
• Hard black varnish
• Hard varnish
• Hirohito's domain
• Hirohito's homeland
• Hitachi's home
• Home to Jumbo Ozaki
• Home to the Great Buddha of Kamakura
• Honda's headquarters
• Honda's home
• Honshu's locale
• Ichiro's homeland
• Ieyasu's land
• Island empire
• It consists of 47 prefectures
• It's symbolized by a red circle on white
• Its anthem is The Reign of Our Emperor
• Its national anthem is Kimigayo
• Its National Dog is the Akita
• Iwo Jima's country
• Kobe country
• Kobe's home
• Kobe's land
• Kyoto locale
• Kyoto's country
• Lacquer
• Land of kabuki and haiku
• Land of the Rising Sun
• Legends are made there
• Major country with the longest life expectancy
• Modern name for old Cipango
• Mongolia may attack it, even though they don't actually share a border
• Mount Fuji's nation
• Naruhito's country
• Nation of 47 prefectures
• Nation of Nara
• Nation of ninjas
• Nation where This Is Spinal Tap ends
• Neighbor of Korea
• Nintendo's headquarters
• Nintendo's home
• No performers are found here
• One of the Big Five at Versailles
• One of WWI's Big Five
• Oriental expanse
• Osaka's country
• Osaka's land
• Pachinko billionaire Kunio Busujima's country
• Pacific Rim land
• Perry opened it to the U.S.
• Rodan's land
• Russia's adversary in 1904-05
• Setting for The Last Samurai
• Shogun's home
• Sony's home
• Source of anime and manga
• Sumo land
• Sumo stomping grounds
• The Land of the Rising Sun
• Tokyo locale
• Tokyo's country
• Whence sumo and sushi
• Where besuboru is played
• Where Kimigayo is the national anthem
• Where Admiral Perry sailed
• Where Akitas originated
• Where kimonos are common
• Where Mount Fuji is
• Where noh originated
• Where Oh played
• Where one may have a yen to spend
• Where pachinko is played
• Where Rodan flapped
• Where shiatsu originated
• Where the Pok
• Where the violinist Midori is from
• Where to earn yen
• Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
• Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
• A world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
• A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
• A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago