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Pachinko
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Vertical pinball game found everywhere in Japanese cities. Pachinko parlours are very noisy, but it doesn't prevent them from being the most common form of gambling in Japan. It is also a major source of yakuza funding, tax evasion, etc.
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Pasokon
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Japanese abbreviation for Personal Computer (PC).
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Passnet
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Train/Metro Card sold in amount of 1000yen, 3000yen or 5000yen, in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
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Perry (Matthew Calbraith)
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American Commodore who forced Japan to open its ports to the Western powers in 1853, which eventually led to the fall of the Tokugawa regime and the modernization of Japan under Meiji.
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