Answer: JAPAN
JAPAN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 132 times.
Referring Clues:
- Black lacquer
 - 40's foe
 - "Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966
 - Lacquer
 - Land of the Rising Sun
 - Where Akitas originated
 - Finish, of a sort
 - Another name for Yamato
 - Sumo land
 - Black varnish
 - No performers are found here
 - Where "besuboru" is played
 - Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem
 - Honda's home
 - Modern name for old Cipango
 - Its National Dog is the Akita
 - Where the Pokémon craze originated
 - Country ruled by a diet
 - Naruhito's country
 - Land of sumo and sushi
 - Good place to have a yen
 - Whence sumo and sushi
 - The land of the rising sun
 - Godzilla's stomping grounds
 - Kobe's land
 - "The Mikado" locale
 - Kobe country
 - Where shiatsu originated
 - Setting for "The Last Samurai"
 - Hitachi's home
 - Its anthem is "The Reign of Our Emperor"
 - Where noh originated
 - Iwo Jima's country
 - Country whose flag is a red circle on a white background
 - Where pachinko is played
 - Tokyo's country
 - Shogun's home
 - Nintendo's headquarters
 - Osaka's land
 - Sumo stomping grounds
 - ''Shogun'' setting
 - Where one may have a yen to spend
 - Source of anime and manga
 - "Land of the rising sun"
 - Godzilla's domain
 - Where Mount Fuji is
 - "The Mikado" setting
 - "Seven Samurai" setting
 - Neighbor of Korea
 - Nintendo's home
 - Home for 22-Across
 - Island country
 - "Shogun" setting
 - Pachinko billionaire Kunio Busujima's country
 - Where 7-Down is based
 - Major country with the longest life expectancy
 - Honda's headquarters
 - Godzilla's home
 - Osaka setting
 - Sapporo setting
 - Asian nation
 - 'Shogun' setting
 - Honshu's home
 - Bullet train's home
 - Godzilla's bailiwick
 - 'Pacific Overtures' setting
 - Tokyo locale
 - Kyoto locale
 - Locale of 48-Down
 - Where to earn yen
 - Osaka's country
 - Its national anthem is "Kimigayo"
 - Kobe's country
 - Honshu home
 - Home to the Great Buddha of Kamakura
 - Mount Fuji's nation
 - Bonsai's land
 - Country where people are governed by their diet
 - Glossy lacquer
 - Tokyo's home
 - Mount Fuji's locale
 - Zen origin
 - Ring of Fire country
 - Where some ex-major-leaguers play
 - Asian island nation
 - Godzilla's birthplace
 - Shogun's domain
 - Site of many ANA landings
 - Kobe's home
 - Birthplace of Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland
 - Kyoto setting
 - Mount Fuji setting
 - Nation of 47 prefectures
 - Land of sake and Sasuke
 - Nation of sushi and sumo
 - Center of Shintoism
 - Anime's origin
 - Mount Fuji locale
 - Sea or country
 - Tokyo setting
 - Follower of a diet system
 - Hiro's home on "Heroes"
 - Land of kendo
 - Tokyo's land
 - See 20-Across
 - Tokyo's nation
 - Kyoto's land
 - Hirohito's home
 - Akita's land
 - Hello Kitty's home country
 - Kyoto's country
 - Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+]
 - Where Honda and Mazda are headquartered
 - Tokyo 2020 host country
 - Samurai's land
 - Island home of 100+ million
 - Country made up of 6,852 islands
 - Noh drama nation
 - Land east of the Yellow Sea
 - Marie Kondo's country of birth
 - Okinawa's country
 - Asian archipelago
 - Country where almost half the world's zippers are made
 - "Homeland" of the monsters Mothra and Gamera
 - Kiyomizu-dera Temple's country
 - Locale of the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics
 - Country with one of the highest life expectancies in the world
 - Where Nissan and Nintendo are headquartered
 - Home of manga and anime
 - Country with 14,125 islands (and only 260 inhabited!)
 - Country made up of 14,125 islands
 - Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 22, 2025
 - New York Times - September 13, 2025
 - USA Today - July 01, 2025
 - LA Times - May 09, 2025
 - New York Times - March 28, 2025
 - USA Today - February 17, 2025
 - New York Times - August 05, 2024
 - USA Today - May 31, 2024
 - LA Times - May 24, 2024
 - New York Times - January 09, 2023
 - New York Times - November 30, 2022
 - USA Today - October 07, 2022
 - New York Times - September 29, 2022
 - New York Times - September 16, 2022
 - LA Times - August 28, 2022
 - USA Today - April 19, 2022
 - LA Times - August 07, 2021
 - Universal - May 12, 2021
 - New York Times - April 19, 2021
 - Universal - March 17, 2021
 
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