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Japan National Team is Japan’s men’s national football team, representing the country in international football. Known as Samurai Blue, it is governed by the Japan Football Association (JFA) and is also identified in Japanese as サッカー日本代表, or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō. The team operates within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is connected with the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), while its current competitions include the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Since the professionalization of Japanese football in the early 1990s, Japan has developed into one of Asia’s leading national teams. It has qualified for every FIFA World Cup since 1998 and reached the knockout stage in 2002, 2010, 2018, 2022, and 2026. Japan’s principal international rivals include South Korea and Australia, with further rivalries formed against Iran and Saudi Arabia.