Japan | World Cup | Competitions
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Reached | |
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| 2026 | 5‑0 | 5‑0 | 1‑0 | 3‑0 | 5‑0 | 5‑0 | 7‑0 | 5‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 4‑0 | 3‑1 | 2‑0 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 6‑0 | 2‑2 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑2 | 20 | 14‑4‑2 | 62‑8 | Round of 32 | |||
| 2022 | 2‑0 | 6‑0 | 3‑0 | 2‑0 | 14‑0 | 10‑0 | 4‑1 | 5‑1 | 0‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑1 | 0‑1 | 2‑1 | 1‑1 | 22 | 17‑2‑3 | 63‑10 | Round of 16 | |
| 2018 | 0‑0 | 3‑0 | 6‑0 | 3‑0 | 3‑0 | 2‑0 | 5‑0 | 5‑0 | 1‑2 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑1 | 2‑1 | 2‑0 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑1 | 2‑2 | 0‑1 | 2‑3 | 22 | 14‑4‑4 | 50‑14 | Round of 16 | |
| 2014 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 8‑0 | 4‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 3‑0 | 6‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑2 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑2 | 0‑0 | 1‑4 | 17 | 8‑4‑5 | 32‑14 | Group stage | ||||||
| 2010 | 4‑1 | 0‑1 | 3‑0 | 1‑1 | 3‑0 | 1‑0 | 3‑2 | 1‑1 | 3‑0 | 0‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑2 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 3‑1 | 0‑0 | 18 | 10‑5‑3 | 27‑11 | Round of 16 | |||||
| 2006 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 7‑0 | 4‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑2 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑3 | 0‑0 | 1‑4 | 15 | 11‑1‑3 | 27‑12 | Group stage | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2‑2 | 1‑0 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 4 | 2‑1‑1 | 5‑3 | Round of 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1‑0 | 10‑0 | 6‑0 | 10‑0 | 3‑0 | 1‑1 | 6‑3 | 0‑0 | 1‑2 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 5‑1 | 3‑2 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 1‑2 | 18 | 9‑5‑4 | 52‑16 | Group stage | |||||
| 1994 | 1‑0 | 8‑0 | 5‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑0 | 4‑1 | 6‑0 | 1‑1 | 0‑0 | 1‑2 | 3‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑2 | 13 | 9‑3‑1 | 35‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 0‑0 | 0‑0 | 2‑1 | 5‑0 | 0‑0 | 0‑2 | 6 | 2‑3‑1 | 7‑3 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 3‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑0 | 5‑0 | 3‑0 | 2‑1 | 1‑2 | 0‑1 | 8 | 5‑1‑2 | 15‑5 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 4 | 2‑0‑2 | 4‑2 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 0‑2 | 2‑0 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 4 | 1‑1‑2 | 2‑3 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1‑2 | 4‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑1 | 4 | 1‑0‑3 | 5‑4 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 1‑3 | 2‑2 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 4 | 0‑2‑2 | 4‑8 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 1‑2 | 0‑2 | 2 | 0‑0‑2 | 1‑4 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | 1‑5 | 2‑2 | 2 | 0‑1‑1 | 3‑7 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Home games in bold. Neutral-site matches in italics. PDF Includes data from RSSSF. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||