| KANJI | Characters first seen in Kyushu and neighbouring Japanese islands |
| NATURES | Essential personal characters first seen after the natural world (7) |
| OSAKA | Kobe and which neighbouring Japanese city were damaged by a major earthquake in 1995? (5) |
| HAIKU | Poetrys tops in Honshu and in Kyushu universities (5) |
| INLAND | The --- Sea lies between the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (6) |
| RAMBO | John ___, character first seen in the film First Blood (5) |
| SHINKANSEN | Japanese word for ""New Trunk Line," the pioneer high-speed passenger rail system of Japan, with lines on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. (10) |
| JAPAN | Country occupying the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku (5) |
| KITAKYUSHU | City in Kyushu, Japan, midway between Tokyo and Shanghai |
| INLANDSEA | Arm of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, known locally as Seto-naikai (6,3) |
| BBEAR | Children's TV character first seen in 1965, Humphrey ... ... (1,4) |
| ETHOS | Distinctive character first seen in Edward Thomas |
| ARCHIE | Character first seen in Pep Comics No. 22 (1941) |
| ALPHA | Top Dog's character first seen in Aristophanes? (5) |
| OEDIPUS | Complex character first seen in pseudo complex (7) |
| IMARI | The style of porcelain exported from the Japanese port of Kyushu and reaching Europe by means of the |
| NAGASAKI | Ask again for change in Kyushu city |
| HUNT | Character first seen in hit BBC1 drama series Life on Mars, DCI Gene ___ (4) |
| YODA | Star Wars character, first seen in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for 'warrior' (4) |
| SEAGRASS | Plants growing in or near the ocean; Posidonia is one variety endemic to the Mediterranean, and conservation projects in Mallorca and neighbouring islands aim to protect this natural barrier to erosio |
