Japan's opponents
Opponents
Who has the team faced, and how did it go?| Opponents | M | W | D | L | Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 73 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 66–110 | 1954–2022 |
| China PR | 43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 72–64 | 1917–2024 |
| Australia | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 40–32 | 1968–2025 |
| Singapore | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 55–17 | 1959–2015 |
| Thailand | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 59–15 | 1960–2024 |
| Hong Kong | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 51–17 | 1958–2022 |
| North Korea | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20–14 | 1975–2024 |
| Iran | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22–21 | 1951–2024 |
| United Arab Emirates | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21–17 | 1981–2017 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22–22 | 1965–2004 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46–19 | 1954–2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27–13 | 1990–2025 |
| India | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 38–15 | 1954–2006 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9–39 | 1989–2026 |
| Oman | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21–5 | 1988–2021 |
| Bahrain | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27–8 | 1978–2025 |
| Iraq | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19–10 | 1978–2024 |
| Philippines | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 34–45 | 1917–1974 |
| Syria | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 37–9 | 1978–2024 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17–12 | 1995–2025 |
| Uzbekistan | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30–10 | 1996–2019 |
| Burma | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13–8 | 1955–1979 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18–24 | 1985–2023 |
| Qatar | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11–12 | 1988–2019 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6–15 | 1968–2025 |
| Peru | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8–6 | 1967–2023 |
| Ghana | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18–11 | 1994–2025 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4–15 | 1992–2010 |
| Jordan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18–6 | 1988–2024 |
| Malaya | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16–20 | 1958–1963 |
| Belgium | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11–8 | 1999–2018 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10–13 | 1976–2016 |
| France | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5–14 | 1994–2012 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10–3 | 1996–2026 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12–4 | 2007–2024 |
| Vietnam Republic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15–8 | 1961–1973 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4–9 | 2003–2023 |
| Israel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1–10 | 1973–1977 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4–4 | 1993–2020 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5–0 | 2001–2020 |
| Myanmar | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27–0 | 1994–2024 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2–8 | 1978–1998 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5–8 | 2010–2019 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10–3 | 1995–2022 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22–1 | 1975–1993 |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5–6 | 1995–2026 |
| England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 1995–2026 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12–4 | 1997–2005 |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3–0 | 1995–2026 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4–8 | 2009–2026 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9–4 | 1981–2017 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7–1 | 1999–2025 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5–1 | 1995–2022 |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7–6 | 1993–2025 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7–3 | 1998–2014 |
| Germany | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8–7 | 2004–2023 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5–5 | 1997–2022 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10–1 | 1970–2015 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2–2 | 1996–2001 |
| Macau | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26–0 | 1980–2000 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37–0 | 1942–2021 |
| Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19–0 | 1986–1998 |
| Senegal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4–7 | 1987–2018 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8–10 | 1963–1970 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19–1 | 2011–2021 |
| Yemen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8–3 | 2006–2010 |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10–4 | 2001–2023 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6–4 | 2006–2016 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1–5 | 2010–2021 |
| Iceland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8–3 | 1971–2012 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4–4 | 2008–2019 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7–1 | 1996–2018 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13–0 | 1951–2016 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11–1 | 2018–2021 |
| Manchukuo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16–0 | 1939–1942 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5–5 | 1995–2003 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6–5 | 1960–1988 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2–11 | 1978 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16–0 | 1972–1993 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5–6 | 1993–2018 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5–3 | 1997–2023 |
| Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14–7 | 2002–2014 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1–0 | 1998–2011 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2–3 | 2002–2018 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5–2 | 2000–2004 |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7–1 | 2006–2009 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1–0 | 2005–2014 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5–4 | 1971–2010 |
| Brunei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16–1 | 1984–2000 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5–2 | 2005–2013 |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4–0 | 2018–2020 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2–0 | 2006–2019 |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5–1 | 1998–2007 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8–0 | 2019–2023 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5–1 | 2010–2013 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4–5 | 2001–2013 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2–4 | 1993–2004 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2–2 | 2001–2022 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 | 2002 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 2013 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 1980 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 2014 |
| Angola | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 2005 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 2009 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2–1 | 1986 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4–0 | 2015 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2–0 | 2012 |
| Dutch East Indies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1–7 | 1934 |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3–3 | 2017 |
| Mali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1–1 | 2018 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 2006 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2–0 | 2007 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 2002 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 2004 |
| South Yemen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–1 | 1982 |
| Togo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5–0 | 2009 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–2 | 2019 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4–3 | 2014 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 1992 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1–1 | 2003 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 2007 |
| Guam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12–0 | 1997 |