Japan national football team statistics and records: all-time record - FIFA World Cup
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Competitions:
Games played, won, drawn and lost, goals for and against
Japan's overall record against each of their FIFA World Cup opponents.
| Opposition | P | W | D | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Australia | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
| Bahrain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| China PR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Iran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Iraq | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Israel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Korea DPR | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 |
| Korea Republic | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Macao | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oman | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Senegal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Singapore | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| South Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Syria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Thailand | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |