| Japanese pond carp |
| Japanese dance-drama |
| Japanese peak, respectfully |
| Edible Japanese seaweed |
| Japanese beer |
| Japanese ruler |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher |
| Aluminum foil alternatives? |
| Japanese hunting dog |
| Alternatives to RCs |
| Japanese outcasts |
| Japanese coin |
| Japanese copier company |
| Alternatives to Pentiums |
| Japanese moolah |
| Suffixes for followers, natives and minerals |
| Alternatives to Nikes |
| Alternatives to downloads |
| Japanese form of self-defense |
| Japanese soup ingredient |
| Chinese dichotomy, to a Japanese economist? |
| Japanese fighter |
| Leftover noodles from a Japanese restaurant? |
| Alternatives to suspenders |
| Japanese elder statesman |
| Primitive Japanese |
| Japanese Buddhist sect |
| Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers |
| American admiral who defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway: 2 wds. |
| Fine Japanese porcelain |