JPN - Japan 
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> (JFA - Japan Football Association )Founded 1921, FIFA accedence 1929
| 6 | World Cup | Participations (1998-2018) | 0x | 0x | 0x | 5/4/12 | (w./d./l.) | |
| World Cup 2018 - World championship in Russland | ||||||||||
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| 1530554400 | Round of 16 | Belgium | : | Japan | 3 | : | 2 | |||
| 1530194400 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Poland | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1529852400 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Senegal | 2 | : | 2 | |||
| 1529409600 | Preliminary round | Colombia | : | Japan | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| World Cup 2014 - World championship in Brasilien | ||||||||||
| 1403640000 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Colombia | 1 | : | 4 | |||
| 1403215200 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Greece | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 1402794000 | Preliminary round | Ivory Coast | : | Japan | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 2012/2013 | ||||||||||
| 1370961000 | Group B | Iraq | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1370341800 | Group B | Japan | : | Australia | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1364306400 | Group B | Jordan | : | Japan | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 1352892600 | Group B | Oman | : | Japan | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| 1347359640 | Group B | Japan | : | Iraq | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1339495200 | Group B | Australia | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1339151520 | Group B | Japan | : | Jordan | 6 | : | 0 | |||
| 1338719400 | Group B | Japan | : | Oman | 3 | : | 0 | |||
| 1330511400 | Group 3 | Japan | : | Uzbekistan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1321340400 | Group 3 | North Korea | : | Japan | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1321002000 | Group 3 | Tajikistan | : | Japan | 0 | : | 4 | |||
| 1318329900 | Group 3 | Japan | : | Tajikistan | 8 | : | 0 | |||
| 1315317600 | Group 3 | Uzbekistan | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1314958800 | Group 3 | Japan | : | North Korea | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup 2010 - World championship in Südafrika | ||||||||||
| 1277820000 | Round of 16 | Paraguay | : | Japan | 5 | : | 3 | PSO | ||
| 1277404200 | Preliminary round | Denmark | : | Japan | 1 | : | 3 | |||
| 1276947000 | Preliminary round | Netherlands | : | Japan | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1276524000 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Cameroons | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 2008/2009 | ||||||||||
| 1245234000 | Group A | Australia | : | Japan | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 1244630100 | Group A | Japan | : | Qatar | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1244297100 | Group A | Uzbekistan | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1238235600 | Group A | Japan | : | Bahrain | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1234347600 | Group A | Japan | : | Australia | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 1227112200 | Group A | Qatar | : | Japan | 0 | : | 3 | |||
| 1224066600 | Group A | Japan | : | Uzbekistan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1220725800 | Group A | Bahrain | : | Japan | 2 | : | 3 | |||
| 1214130000 | Group 2 | Japan | : | Bahrain | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1213438800 | Group 2 | Thailand | : | Japan | 0 | : | 3 | |||
| 1212844500 | Group 2 | Oman | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 1212402000 | Group 2 | Japan | : | Oman | 3 | : | 0 | |||
| 1206541200 | Group 2 | Bahrain | : | Japan | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1202293200 | Group 2 | Japan | : | Thailand | 4 | : | 1 | |||
| World Cup 2006 - World championship in Deutschland | ||||||||||
| 1151002800 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Brazil | 1 | : | 4 | |||
| 1150635600 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Croatia | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 1150117200 | Preliminary round | Australia | : | Japan | 3 | : | 1 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 2004/2005 | ||||||||||
| 1124274600 | Group B | Japan | : | Iran | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 1118226900 | Group B | North Korea | : | Japan | 0 | : | 2 | |||
| 1117816200 | Group B | Bahrain | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1112178600 | Group B | Japan | : | Bahrain | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1111757700 | Group B | Iran | : | Japan | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 1107945000 | Group B | Japan | : | North Korea | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 1100686800 | Group 3 | Japan | : | Singapore | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1097677800 | Group 3 | Oman | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1094644800 | Group 3 | India | : | Japan | 0 | : | 4 | |||
| 1086776400 | Group 3 | Japan | : | India | 7 | : | 0 | |||
| 1080734400 | Group 3 | Singapore | : | Japan | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| 1077099600 | Group 3 | Japan | : | Oman | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup 2002 - World championship in Südkorea Japan | ||||||||||
| 1024381800 | Round of 16 | Japan | : | Turkey | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 1024036200 | Preliminary round | Tunisia | : | Japan | 0 | : | 2 | |||
| 1023622200 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Russia | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 1023181200 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Belgium | 2 | : | 2 | |||
| World Cup 1998 - World championship in Frankreich | ||||||||||
| 898869600 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Jamaica | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| 898345800 | Preliminary round | Japan | : | Croatia | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 897827400 | Preliminary round | Argentina | : | Japan | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 1996/1997 | ||||||||||
| 879634800 | Relegation | Iran | : | Japan | 2 | : | 3 | |||
| 878943600 | 2. Round Group B | Japan | : | Kazakhstan | 5 | : | 1 | |||
| 878338800 | 2. Round Group B | South Korea | : | Japan | 0 | : | 2 | |||
| 877816800 | 2. Round Group B | Japan | : | United Arab Emirates | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 876520800 | 2. Round Group B | Uzbekistan | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 875916000 | 2. Round Group B | Kazakhstan | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 875397600 | 2. Round Group B | Japan | : | South Korea | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| 874620000 | 2. Round Group B | United Arab Emirates | : | Japan | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 873583200 | 2. Round Group B | Japan | : | Uzbekistan | 6 | : | 3 | |||
| 867448800 | Group 4 | Japan | : | Oman | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 867189600 | Group 4 | Japan | : | Nepal | 3 | : | 0 | |||
| 866930400 | Group 4 | Japan | : | Macao | 10 | : | 0 | |||
| 859417200 | Group 4 | Nepal | : | Japan | 0 | : | 6 | |||
| 859244400 | Group 4 | Macao | : | Japan | 0 | : | 10 | |||
| 859071600 | Group 4 | Oman | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 1992/1993 | ||||||||||
| 751762800 | 2. Round | Iraq | : | Japan | 2 | : | 2 | |||
| 751503600 | 2. Round | Japan | : | South Korea | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| 751158000 | 2. Round | North Korea | : | Japan | 0 | : | 3 | |||
| 750898800 | 2. Round | Japan | : | Iran | 1 | : | 2 | |||
| 750639600 | 2. Round | Saudi Arabia | : | Japan | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 736725600 | Group F | United Arab Emirates | : | Japan | 1 | : | 1 | |||
| 736552800 | Group F | Sri Lanka | : | Japan | 0 | : | 6 | |||
| 736120800 | Group F | Bangladesh | : | Japan | 1 | : | 4 | |||
| 735948000 | Group F | Thailand | : | Japan | 0 | : | 1 | |||
| 735084000 | Group F | Japan | : | United Arab Emirates | 2 | : | 0 | |||
| 734824800 | Group F | Japan | : | Sri Lanka | 5 | : | 0 | |||
| 734479200 | Group F | Japan | : | Bangladesh | 8 | : | 0 | |||
| 734220000 | Group F | Japan | : | Thailand | 1 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 1988/1989 | ||||||||||
| 614728800 | Group 6 | North Korea | : | Japan | 2 | : | 0 | |||
| 614124000 | Group 6 | Japan | : | Hong Kong | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 613519200 | Group 6 | Japan | : | Indonesia | 5 | : | 0 | |||
| 612914400 | Group 6 | Japan | : | North Korea | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| 612309600 | Group 6 | Indonesia | : | Japan | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| 611704800 | Group 6 | Hong Kong | : | Japan | 0 | : | 0 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 1984/1985 | ||||||||||
| 499820400 | South Korea | : | Japan | 1 | : | 0 | ||||
| 499129200 | Japan | : | South Korea | 1 | : | 2 | ||||
| 496188000 | Hong Kong | : | Japan | 1 | : | 2 | ||||
| 492559200 | Japan | : | Hong Kong | 3 | : | 0 | ||||
| 483660000 | North Korea | : | Japan | 0 | : | 0 | ||||
| 483660000 | Singapore | : | Japan | 1 | : | 3 | ||||
| 480207600 | Japan | : | North Korea | 1 | : | 0 | ||||
| 477961200 | Japan | : | Singapore | 5 | : | 0 | ||||
| World Cup Qualification 1960/1961 | ||||||||||
| -270090000 | Final round | Japan | : | South Korea | 0 | : | 2 | |||
| -288838800 | Final round | South Korea | : | Japan | 2 | : | 1 | |||
| World Cup Qualification 1952/1953 | ||||||||||
| -498704400 | Final round | Japan | : | South Korea | 2 | : | 2 | |||
| -499309200 | Final round | Japan | : | South Korea | 1 | : | 5 | |||