Japan

Federation:               Japan Football Association
Year founded:             1921
Confederation:            FIFA 1929-, AFC 1954-
Team colours:             Blue shirt, white shorts

Overall standing:         30. World, 2. Asia
World cups participated:  8 (1998,2002,2006,2010,2014,2018,2022,2026)
Medals achieved:          -

Matches played:           29*(4)    (8 wins,8 draw,13 lost)
Goals for:                33*(4)    (30. World, 2. Asia)
Goals against:            38*(4)    (32. World, 4. Asia)
Cautions (R/YY/Y/Total):  0,0,46,46 (61. World, 6. Asia)

Best goalscorers:         4 Keisuke Honda (2010-18),
                          2 Ritsu Doan (2022-26), 2 Junichi Inamoto (2002-10),
                          2 Takashi Inui (2018), 2 Daichi Kamada (2022-26), 
                          2 Daizen Maeda (2022-26), 2 Shinji Okazaki (2010-18), 
                          2 Ayase Ueda (2022-26).

Best result:              4-0 vs. Tunisia in 2026
Worst result:             1-4 vs. Brazil in 2006