ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិ ជប៉ុន

represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for association football in Japan. Their head coach is Alberto Zaccheroni.

Japan is one of the most successful football team in Asia, having qualified for the last five consecutive FIFA World Cups with second round advancements in 2002 & 2010, and having won the AFC Asian Cup a record four times in 1992, 2000, 2004 & 2011. The team has also finished second in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as , , or  as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Takeshi Okada, the team was known as . Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue", while Japanese news media still refer it to by manager's last name, as , or  in short.

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តំណភ្ជាប់ខាងក្រៅ

Japan Football Association 
Japan Football Association
 Japan at the World Cups
 Japan Teams at World Cups
 Japan: Head-to-Head Records (at World Cups)
Japan Samurai Blue 
Japan Adidas  
Japan FIFA 

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