Japan in the GreatVision Song Contest 11

Japan took part in the eleventh edition of the GreatVision Song Contest which was hosted in the Australia. The entry will be selected via an Internal selection by the broadcaster of the country, NHK.
== Before GreatVision ==
Japan selected their entry through an internal selection. ABC announced that the entrant will be announced on 5 May 2018 and the song will be announced at the same time. Mariya Nishiuchi was announced as the represenative of the country. The song "Motion" was presented at the same time. 
== At GreatVision ==
At the allocation draw, Japan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final. After the qualification, Japan was drawn to perform in the second half of the final and was later drawn to perform fifteenth.
Japan received 137 points and ended up being twenty-second. The country received 3 times 12 points by getting 2 sets from the Juries and 1 sets from the Televoting. With their twenty-second, Japan reached their fifth best result in the contest.
Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by NHK. The members of the group, 3-nen E-gumi Utatan, Maehara Hiroto and Isogai Yuuma served as the commentators off all shows.
=== Voting ===
==== Points awarded to the United States ====
Televote 	Televote 	Televote	Televote	Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Taiwan	
* San Marino	
* Germany
* United Kingdom	
* North Korea 
* Turkey	
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Israel	
* France 
* South Korea	 	
* Hong Kong 
* Palau	
* Macedonia 
* Poland 
* Sweden
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Germany
* Taiwan	 	
* France
* United Kingdom	
* North Korea	
* Finland
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
 	
* Czech Republic 
* Israel	
* Singapore	
* United States	
* Macedonia 
* San Marino
=== Points awarded by Japan ===
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	Hong Kong
10 points	San Marino
8 points 	North Korea
7 points 	France
6 points 	Belgium
5 points 	Monaco
4 points 	Hungary
3 points 	Taiwan
2 points 	Poland
1 point 	Romania
 (Televoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	Hong Kong
10 points	San Marino
8 points 	North Korea
7 points 	France
6 points 	Belgium
5 points 	Monaco
4 points 	Hungary
3 points 	Taiwan
2 points 	Poland
1 point 	Romania
  
 (Jury)
Points 	Country
12 points	San Marino
10 points	Kiribati
8 points 	Hungary
7 points 	Czech Republic
6 points 	Netherlands
5 points 	France
4 points 	Germany
3 points 	South Korea
2 points 	Sweden
1 point 	Slovakia
 (Telvoting)
Points 	Country
12 points	Hungary
10 points	San Marino
8 points 	Kiribati
7 points 	Czech Republic
6 points 	Netherlands
5 points 	France
4 points 	South Korea
3 points 	Germany
2 points 	United States
1 point 	Sweden
== See Also ==
* Japan
* GreatVision Song Contest 11
== Notes ==