a Japanese sword

State of Japan (de facto official name of Japan, 1947 to present)

(rare) State of Japan (de facto official name of Japan, 1947 to present)

sake, Japanese rice wine

Japan Standard Time (JST)

Cervus nippon, commonly known as sika deer, spotted deer, or Japanese deer

Synonym of レオミュール度 (Reomyūru-do, “Réaumur scale”)

(obsolete) in ancient Japan, the role driving away devils at a certain religious ceremony, or the driver of the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor

(historical) A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.

(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule) plain aborigine