Across
- 3. Law revised to allow shooting of these animals in urban areas after increased attacks
- 4. Japanese automakers merging in response to tariff fears
- 5. Japanese currency facing volatility in 2025
- 9. Major international athletics event in Tokyo, September 2025
- 10. Peninsula struck by a major earthquake in January 2024, remembered in 2025
- 11. City hosting the 2025 World Expo
- 16. Japan’s response to a UN report on imperial succession law in 2025
- 17. Japan’s most important international ally
- 18. Event marking 30 years since a devastating earthquake in Kobe
Down
- 1. Japanese city where a sinkhole swallowed a truck in January 2025
- 2. Political party facing challenges in the 2025 House of Councilors election
- 6. Country with the second biggest influence on Japan’s economy
- 7. Prefecture where a record wildfire destroyed over 80 homes in February 2025
- 8. First anniversary of this 2024 disaster remembered in January 2025
- 12. Major risk to Japan’s economy in 2025, driven by US policy
- 13. Former MP sentenced for a 2024 crime at a karaoke parlor
- 14. Japanese TV network embroiled in a 2025 sexual abuse scandal
- 15. Japanese automaker that donated to Trump’s 2025 inauguration