| TOJO | Hideki -, prime minister of Japan from 1941-44 |
| TARO | And 12 Across. Prime Minister of Japan from 2008-09 (4,3) |
| WISE | Ernie -, comed Ian who partnered Eric Morecambe from 1941-84 (4) |
| ASO | Taro ___, prime minister of Japan from 2008-09 (3) |
| KOIZUMI | Junichiro ___, prime minister of Japan from 2001-06 (7) |
| TAROASO | Prime Minister of Japan from 2008-09 |
| FUKUDA | Takeo ?, prime minister of Japan from 1976-78 |
| BUCK | Abbott & Costello's second film, ____ Privates from 1941. |
| HIDEKITOJO | Japanese prime minister 1941-44; executed as a war criminal in 1948 (6,4) |
| HIROHITO | The Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 (8) |
| KYOTO | Capital of Japan from 794 to 1868 (5) |
| AKIHITO | Emperor of Japan from January 1989 until his abdication in April 2019 (7) |
| MEIJI | Emperor of Japan from 1867-1912 whose given name was Mutsuhito (5) |
| MUTSUHITO | Emperor of Japan from 1868 to 1912, known posthumously as Meiji (9) |
| IKEDA | Former PM of Japan from 1960-64 (5) |
| DAIMIO | Land-owning military noble of Japan from the 10th century to 1871 appointed by the shogun; 'great name' (6) |
| SIEGE | ___ of Leningrad, 1941-44 |
| ODESSA | City occupied by the Nazis 1941-44 (6) |
| ADDINSELL | Richard ?, British composer of the Warsaw Concerto from 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (9) |
| ALANBROOKE | 1st Viscount ?, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941-46 |
