# Japan at the FISU World University Games

Japan has participated in all editions of the Summer and Winter World University Games held since the first edition in 1959 and 1960. The nation is ranked 5th in the all-time medal table behind Russia, China, United States, and Soviet Union. Japan has won 1,202 medals at the Summer World University Games and are in the fifth place on the all-time Summer World University medal table. In the winter games, they have won 335 medals at the Winter Universiade and are in the third place on the all-time Winter Universiade medal table.

## Medal count
### Summer Universiade

Host country
| Edition | | | | | Rank |
| Turin 1959 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| Sofia 1961 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
| Porto Alegre 1963 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 4 |
| Budapest 1965 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Tokyo 1967 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 63 | 2 |
| Turin 1970 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| Moscow 1973 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Rome 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sofia 1977 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| Mexico City 1979 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Bucharest 1981 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Edmonton 1983 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Kobe 1985 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| Zagreb 1987 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
| Duisburg 1989 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Sheffield 1991 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 6 |
| Buffalo 1993 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 8 |
| Fukuoka 1995 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 64 | 2 |
| Sicily 1997 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 3 |
| Palma de Mallorca 1999 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 4 |
| Beijing 2001 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 3 |
| Daegu 2003 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 5 |
| Ízmir 2005 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 3 |
| Bangkok 2007 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 56 | 4 |
| Belgrade 2009 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 73 | 4 |
| Shenzhen 2011 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 87 | 4 |
| Kazan 2013 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 86 | 3 |
| Gwangju 2015 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 85 | 4 |
| Taipei 2017 | 37 | 26 | 37 | 100 | 1 |
| Naples 2019 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 82 | 1 |
| Chengdu 2021 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 93 | 2 |
| Rhein-Rühr 2025 | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Chungcheong 2027 | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | 375 | 364 | 476 | 1215 | 5 |

### Winter Universiade

Host country
| Edition | | | | | Rank |
| Chamonix 1960 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Villars 1962 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Špindlerův Mlýn 1964 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Sestriere 1966 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Innsbruck 1968 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Rovaniemi 1970 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Lake Placid 1972 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Livigno 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Špindlerův Mlýn 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jaca 1981 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Sofia 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Belluno 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Štrbské Pleso 1987 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sofia 1989 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Sapporo 1991 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 1 |
| Zakopane 1993 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Jaca 1995 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Muju-Jeonju 1997 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 1 |
| Poprad Tatry 1999 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| Zakopane 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Tarvisio 2003 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 |
| Turin 2007 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 |
| Harbin 2009 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Erzurum 2011 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Trentino 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Almaty 2017 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 4 |
| Krasnoyarsk 2019 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| Lake Placid 2023 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 48 | 1 |
| Total | 112 | 117 | 106 | 335 | 3 |