| KUDZU | Hairy climbing plant of China and Japan with purple fragrant flowers |
| VERBENA | Genus of plants of tropical and temperate America with red, white or purple fragrant flowers (7) |
| HOSTA | Genus of lily-like plants of China and Japan cultivated for its ornamental foliage (5) |
| PANDA | Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5) |
| TIGERLILY | Perennial plant of China and Japan cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals (5,4) |
| OSAKA | City in southern Japan with a metropolitan population of over 19 million (5) |
| WENTI | Emperor of China and founder of the Sui dynasty (3-2) |
| VETCH | Climbing plant of the pea family, anagram of THE CV (5) |
| ANIME | A style of cartoon film or TV programme, originating in Japan, with fantastic or futuristic themes (5) |
| JASON | Greek hero in Japan with a child... (5) |
| MACAU | A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea. |
| LUFFA | Tropical climbing plant of the cucumber family, including the vegetable sponge, used at bath-time (5) |
| GLORY | Climbing plant of the convolvulus family, morning - - - (5) |
| VITIS | Genus of woody climbing plants of the family Vitaceae to which the grapevines belong (5) |
| HAIKU | Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here |
| NEPAL | Neighbor of China and India |
| LIANA | Any climbing plant of tropical forests (5) |
| BETEL | Climbing plant of Asia |
| LOQUAT | Small, dark yellow fruit of China and Japan (6) |
| SUNYATSEN | First president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang (3,3-3) |
