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- 2. Japanese automakers merging in response to tariff fears
- 3. First anniversary of this 2024 disaster remembered in January 2025
- 12. Japan’s response to a UN report on imperial succession law in 2025
- 14. Event marking 30 years since a devastating earthquake in Kobe
- 17. Japanese city where a sinkhole swallowed a truck in January 2025
- 18. Law revised to allow shooting of these animals in urban areas after increased attacks
- 19. Peninsula struck by a major earthquake in January 2024, remembered in 2025
- 20. Japan’s most important international ally
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- 1. Major international athletics event in Tokyo, September 2025
- 4. Former MP sentenced for a 2024 crime at a karaoke parlor
- 5. Japanese TV network embroiled in a 2025 sexual abuse scandal
- 6. Name of the person convicted for the 2023 assassination attempt on Fumio Kishida
- 7. Political party facing challenges in the 2025 House of Councilors election
- 8. Country whose representatives visited Japan diplomatically for the first time since 2021
- 9. Japanese automaker that donated to Trump’s 2025 inauguration
- 10. Japanese currency facing volatility in 2025
- 11. Country with the second biggest influence on Japan’s economy
- 13. City hosting the 2025 World Expo
- 15. Prefecture where a record wildfire destroyed over 80 homes in February 2025
- 16. Major risk to Japan’s economy in 2025, driven by US policy