Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aaron Lawrence | Jamaica | 1 |
| Abel Balbo | Argentina | 1 |
| Aljoša Asanović | Croatia | 1 |
| Ariel Ortega | Argentina | 1 |
| Carlos Roa | Argentina | 1 |
| Chris Dawes | Jamaica | 1 |
| Claudio López | Argentina | 1 |
| Dario Simic | Croatia | 1 |
| Davor Šuker | Croatia | 1 |
| Deon Burton | Jamaica | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Nov 1997 | v Kazakhstan | 5–1 | 66′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 5 May 1993 | v Sri Lanka | 6–0 | 56′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 5 May 1993 | v Sri Lanka | 6–0 | 42′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Jun 1998 | v Jamaica | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Croatia | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 1998 | v Argentina | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 8 Nov 1997 | v Kazakhstan | 5–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 5 May 1993 | v Sri Lanka | 6–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.