Land of lacquer (5) |
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Munich Agreement to sweep across nation (5) |
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2019 Rugby World Cup host nation and quarter-finalists (5) |
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What the J stands for in J-pop |
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Big In _ (5) |
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Land of Toyota and Tamagotchi |
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Varnish apparently secured in early part of year (5) |
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Foreign country (5) |
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Isuzu's homeland (5) |
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Blacken in Nippon (5) |
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Miyazaki's home country |
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In the Far East, yes, an ancient god! |
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Harajuku country |
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___ black: finish on early autos, as Ford Model T |
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Yokohama's country |
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Varnish from the Far-East (5) |
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Far eastern company |
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During short month father sees the country (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Nov 2023 |
Honda's headquarters |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2023 |
Lacquer, usually Black Country |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Sep 2023 |
Nintendo's country |
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Honshu home |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2023 |
Asian country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital |
Universal |
30 May 2023 |
Kyoto setting |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2023 |
Kyoto setting |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2023 |
Tokyo's nation |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2023 |
Tokyo's country that won the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
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Osaka setting |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Mar 2023 |
Godzilla's home |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jan 2023 |
Mount Fuji's locale |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2023 |
Country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2023 |
Locale of the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2022 |
Kiyomizu-dera Temple's country |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2022 |
Country where almost half the world's zippers are made |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2022 |
WWII belligerent to criticise Munich Agreement at first |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Sep 2022 |
Asian archipelago |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2022 |
Asian country consisting of 6,852 islands |
Universal |
19 Jun 2022 |
Okinawa's country |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2022 |
Kyoto setting |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Feb 2022 |
Country where a gamer known as Sal 9000 married Nene Anegasaki, an avatar in a computer game, in 2009 |
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Godzilla's home |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Nov 2021 |
2020 Olympics host country |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Oct 2021 |
Hard black varnish containers – one not closed |
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Kyoto's country |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2021 |
Kyoto's country |
The Washington Post |
07 Aug 2021 |
Nintendo's home |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2021 |
Jack goes up wine valley in the Far East |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jun 2021 |
Marie Kondo's country of birth |
Universal |
12 May 2021 |
Godzilla's home |
Thomas Joseph |
07 May 2021 |
Land east of the Yellow Sea |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2021 |
Noh drama nation |
Universal |
17 Mar 2021 |
'Shogun' setting |
The Washington Post |
02 Mar 2021 |
"Shogun" setting |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2021 |
Varnish judge used on a vessel |
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Nippon |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jan 2021 |
China: an Asian country |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jan 2021 |
Neighbor of Korea |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2020 |
Country made up of 6,852 islands |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2020 |
Country made up of 6,852 islands |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2020 |
Osaka's country |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2020 |
Osaka setting |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Nov 2020 |
Eastern country |
The Times Concise |
23 Nov 2020 |
Nintendo's headquarters |
Newsday |
15 Nov 2020 |
A person's first month outside country |
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Emperor Naruhito's country |
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"Shogun" setting |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Aug 2020 |
Sapporo setting |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Aug 2020 |
Island home of 100+ million |
Newsday |
14 May 2020 |
Country of more than 3,000 islands |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Apr 2020 |
Where karaoke originated |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2020 |
Tokyo's country |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2019 |
Tokyo's country |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2019 |
Tokyo's country |
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Where Akitas originated |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2019 |
Asian country where Kazuo Ishiguro was born |
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Country which hosts the Formula 1 race at the Suzuka International Racing Course |
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Tokyo's country |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2019 |
Land of the Rising Sun |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Aug 2019 |
Where Honda and Mazda are headquartered |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2019 |
Consent from Germany to criticise its wartime ally |
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Tokyo's land |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2019 |
Polish man comes out of palanquin |
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Kyoto setting |
Thomas Joseph |
14 May 2019 |
Dovetail (with) |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2019 |
Kyoto's country |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2019 |
Hello Kitty's home country |
Universal |
15 Mar 2019 |
Akita's land |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2019 |
Country of 47 prefectures |
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Where Honda and Mazda are headquartered |
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Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+] |
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Hello Kitty's home country |
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Akita's land |
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Nippon |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Dec 2018 |
Where 'besuboru' is played |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2018 |
Yokohama's nation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
Varnish jack and ace before card game's over |
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Hirohito's home |
New York Times |
13 Jun 2018 |
Hirohito's home |
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Kyoto's land |
USA Today |
25 May 2018 |
East Asian island nation |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2018 |
Country known as the "Land of the Rising Sun" |
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Tokyo's nation |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2018 |
Where "besuboru" is played |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2018 |
Tokyo's country |
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Where "besuboru" is played |
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Kyoto's land |
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Stuff mostly found on a container of varnish |
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See 20-Across |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2017 |
Land of kendo |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2017 |
Tokyo's land |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2017 |
Far Eastern country |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jun 2017 |
''Seven Samurai'' setting |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2017 |
Glossy black varnish or lacquer |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
22 Jan 2017 |
Tokyo's land |
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See 20-Across |
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Land of kendo |
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Titular destination in a 1978 'Bad News Bears' sequel |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Dec 2016 |
Dad supports German agreement with neutral country |
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Nation consisting of a 6,852-island archipelago |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2016 |
Follower of a diet system |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2016 |
Country governed by its diet |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2016 |
Tokyo setting |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2016 |
4-Down's location |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2016 |
Nation constitutionally prohibited from declaring war |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2016 |
Follower of a diet system |
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Titular destination in a 1978 "Bad News Bears" sequel |
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Sea or country |
Universal |
17 Aug 2015 |
Mount Fuji locale |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2015 |
Anime's origin |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2015 |
Kobe's home |
Premier Sunday |
26 Jul 2015 |
Center of Shintoism |
New York Times |
26 May 2015 |
Tom Waits "Big in ___" |
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"Seven Samurai" setting |
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Mount Fuji locale |
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Tokyo's country |
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Center of Shintoism |
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Nation of sushi and sumo |
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Sea or country |
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Kobe's home |
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Anime's origin |
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Country where first of two vessels is docked |
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Land of sake and Sasuke |
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Shogun's domain |
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2020 Olympics host |
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Kobe's home |
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Nation of 47 prefectures |
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Mount Fuji setting |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Osaka's land |
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Tokyo's home |
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Ninjas' home |
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Godzilla's birthplace |
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Tokyo's country |
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Source of anime |
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Ring of Fire country |
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Where some ex-major-leaguers play |
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Mount Fuji's locale |
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Three-time host nation of the Olympic Games |
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"The Mikado" locale |
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Honda's headquarters |
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Its national anthem is "Kimigayo" |
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Kobe's country |
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Home to the Great Buddha of Kamakura |
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Mount Fuji's nation |
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Country where people are governed by their diet |
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Osaka's country |
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Mount Fuji's nation |
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Where 7-Down is based |
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Home for 22-Across |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Nintendo's home |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Major country with the longest life expectancy |
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"The Mikado" setting |
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Neighbor of Korea |
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"Seven Samurai" setting |
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Where Mount Fuji is |
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Tokyo locale |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Nintendo's headquarters |
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Its anthem is "The Reign of Our Emperor" |
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Sumo stomping grounds |
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"The Mikado" locale |
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Iwo Jima's country |
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Where one may have a yen to spend |
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Source of anime and manga |
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Where noh originated |
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Iwo Jima's country |
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Where Akitas originated |
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Black varnish |
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"Shogun" setting |
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Kyoto locale |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Shogun's home |
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Where pachinko is played |
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Locale of 48-Down |
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Black lacquer |
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Where the Pokémon craze originated |
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Hitachi's home |
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Godzilla's stomping grounds |
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Modern name for old Cipango |
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Russia's adversary in 1904-05 |
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"The Mikado" setting |
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Kobe's land |
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Tokyo's country |
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Godzilla's stomping grounds |
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Kobe country |
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Setting for "The Last Samurai" |
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Honda's home |
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Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem |
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Decorative, enamel coating |
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Where to earn yen |
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Hard, black varnish |
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Where "besuboru" is played |
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Perry opened it to the U.S. |
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Osaka's land |
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Country whose flag is a red circle on a white background |
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Country ruled by a diet |
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Where shiatsu originated |
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Kobe's home |
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"Land of the rising sun" |
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Pacific Rim land |
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No performers are found here |
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Black varnish |
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Go home? |
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Black varnish |
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Godzilla's domain |
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Godzilla's stomping grounds |
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Kobe country |
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Black lacquer |
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"The Mikado" locale |
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'Shogun' setting |
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American ally |
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Black varnish |
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Where Oh played |
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The Land of the Rising Sun |
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The land of the rising sun |
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Mongolia may attack it, even though they don't actually share a border |
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One of the Big Five at Versailles |
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Land of kabuki and haiku |
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Where "besuboru" is played |
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Sony's home |
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Sumo land |
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Pacific Rim land |
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Land of the Rising Sun |
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Whence sumo and sushi |
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Akita's home |
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Pacific Rim land |
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Lacquer |
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Asian archipelago |
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Legends are made there |
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One of WWI's Big Five |
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Land of sumo and sushi |
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Naruhito's country |
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Rodan's land |
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It consists of 47 prefectures |
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Good place to have a yen |
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Where Akitas originated |
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Another name for Yamato |
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Godzilla's stomping grounds |
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Locale of 42 Across |
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Hard black varnish |
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Butterfly's land |
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Axis nation |
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Finish, of a sort |
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Lacquer |
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Hard varnish |
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Black lacquer |
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Hirohito's domain |
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Honshu's locale |
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40's foe |
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"Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966 |
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Island empire |
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One of 38-Across |
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Legends are made there |
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Godzilla's land |
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Oriental expanse |
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Kind of varnish |
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Glossy lacquer |
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___ Current (Black Stream) |
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Hard, brilliant varnish |
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Land of sake |
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Mikado land |
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Sea of ___ |
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Asian land |
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Eastern land. |
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Island nation. |
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Black lacquer. |
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Glossy varnish. |
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Hard lacquer. |
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Sea of ___. |
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Eastern nation. |
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Land of 56 Across. |
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Island country. |
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Brilliant varnish. |
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Island empire. |
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Varnish. |
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Nippon. |
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Land of cherry blossoms. |
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Ambassador MacArthur's post. |
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Where Allison is Ambassador. |
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Asian archipelago. |
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Homeland of 25 Across. |
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Gen. Hull's HQ. |
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Land warmed by the Black Stream. |
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Where women got the vote in 1947. |
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Country warmed by The Black Stream. |
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The industrialized Orient. |
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MacArthur's base. |
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Back in the family of nations. |
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Subject of MacArthur-Dulles airborne conversation. |
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Country that has no army or navy. |
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Base for Korean campaign. |
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Cipango. |
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One of the gangster nations. |
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Warring country. |
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Empire of 3,000 islands. |
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Island chain, population 64 million. |
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Anime's home |
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FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 winners |
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Its anthem is "Kimigayo" |
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Country where ninjas come from |
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Country split into prefectures |
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See 4-Down |
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No place? |
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