| AFC World Cup 2010 Qualifying |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| Gp 2 | 06-Feb-08 | H | Thailand | W | 4-1 | (1-1) | Y Endo 21; Y Okubo 54; Y Nakazawa 66; S Maki 91 | --,--- |
| Gp 2 | 26-Feb-08 | A | Bahrain | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
| Gp 2 | 02-Jun-08 | H | Oman | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | Y Nakazawa 10; Y Okubo 22; S Nakamura 49 | --,--- |
| Gp 2 | 07-Jun-08 | A | Oman | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Endo 53p | --,--- |
| Gp 2 | 14-Jun-08 | A | Thailand | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | M Tanaka 23; Y Nakazawa 38; K Nakamura 89 | --,--- |
| 1 Gp 2 | 22-Jun-08 | H | Bahrain | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | A Uchida 90 | --,--- |
| 1 Gp 1 | 06-Sep-08 | A | Bahrain | W | 3-2 | (2-0) | S Nakamura 18, 85; Y Endo 44p | --,--- |
| 1 Gp 1 | 15-Oct-08 | H | Uzbekistan | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | K Tamada 41 | --,--- |
| 1 Gp 1 | 19-Nov-08 | A | Qatar | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | T Tanaka 19; K Tamada 47; M Tanaka 68 | --,--- |
| World Cup 2006 |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| Gp F | 12-Jun-06 | A | Australia | L | 1-3 | (1-0) | S Nakamura 26 | 46,000 |
| Gp F | 18-Jun-06 | H | Croatia | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 41,000 |
| Gp F | 22-Jun-06 | H | Brazil | L | 1-4 | (1-0) | K Tamada 33 | 65,000 |
| AFC World Cup 2006 Qualifying |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 1 Gp 3 | 18-Feb-04 | H | Oman | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | T Kubo 90 | 60,270 |
| 1 Gp 3 | 31-Mar-04 | A | Singapore | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | N Takahara 34; T Fujita 82 | 6,000 |
| 1 Gp 3 | 09-Jun-04 | H | India | W | 7-0 | (3-0) | T Kubo 12; T Fukunishi 25; S Nakamura 29; T Suzuki 54; Y Nakazawa 65, 76; M Ogasawara 68 | 63,000 |
| 1 Gp 3 | 08-Sep-04 | A | India | W | 4-0 | (1-0) | T Suzuki 45; S Ono 60; T Fukunishi 71; T Miyamoto 87 | 90,000 |
| 1 Gp 3 | 13-Oct-04 | A | Oman | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | T Suzuki 52 | 35,000 |
| 1 Gp 3 | 17-Nov-04 | H | Singapore | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | K Tamada 13 | 58,881 |
| 2 Gp 2 | 09-Feb-05 | H | North Korea | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | M Ogasawara 4; M Oguro 90 | 60,000 |
| 2 Gp 2 | 25-Mar-05 | A | Iran | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | Fukunishi 33 | 110,000 |
| 2 Gp 2 | 30-Mar-05 | H | Bahrain | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Salmeen(og) 72 | 67,549 |
| 2 Gp 2 | 03-Jun-05 | A | Bahrain | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | M Ogasawara 34 | 32,000 |
| 2 Gp 2 | 08-Jun-05 | N | North Korea | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | A Yanagisawa 73; M Oguro 89 | --,--- |
| 17-Aug-05 | H | Iran | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | KAJI Akira 28; M Oguro 76 | --,--- |
| World Cup 2002 |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| Gp H | 04-Jun-02 | H | Belgium | D | 2-2 | (0-0) | T Suzuki 59; J Inamoto 68 | 55,256 |
| Gp H | 09-Jun-02 | H | Russia | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | J Inamoto 51 | 66,108 |
| Gp H | 14-Jun-02 | A | Tunisia | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | H Morishima 48; H Nakata 75 | 45,213 |
| 2 | 18-Jun-02 | N | Turkey | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | | 45,666 |
| Asian Championships 2004 |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| Gp D | 20-Jul-04 | N | Oman | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | S Nakamura 33 | 35,000 |
| Gp D | 24-Jul-04 | N | Thailand | W | 4-1 | (1-1) | S Nakamura 21; Y Nakazawa 56, 87; T Fukunishi 68 | 45,000 |
| Gp D | 28-Jul-04 | N | Iran | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 52,000 |
| QF | 31-Jul-04 | N | Jordan | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | T Suzuki 14 [aet, pen 4-3] | 52,000 |
| SF | 03-Aug-04 | N | Bahrain | W | 4-3 | (0-1) | K Nakata 48; K Tamada 55, 93; Y Nakazawa 90 [aet] | --,--- |
| F | 07-Aug-04 | A | China | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | T Fukunishi 21; K Nakata 65; K Tamada 90 | 62,000 |
| Confederations Cup 2003 |
| Rnd | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 1 Gp A | 18-Jun-03 | N | New Zealand | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | S Nakamura 12, 76; H Nakata 65 | 36,038 |
| 1 Gp A | 20-Jun-03 | A | France | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | S Nakamura 60 | 33,070 |
| 1 Gp A | 22-Jun-03 | N | Colombia | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 24,541 |
| International Friendlies |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 21-Mar-02 | H | Ukraine | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | K Todo 21 | 45,214 |
| 27-Mar-02 | A | Poland | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | H Nakata 10; N Takahara 42 | 6,000 |
| 17-Apr-02 | H | Costa Rica | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | T Myojin 69 | 64,783 |
| 29-Apr-02 | H | Slovakia | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | A Nishizawa 38 | 55,144 |
| 02-May-02 | H | Honduras | D | 3-3 | (2-3) | S Nakamura 26, 41; Alex 76p | 38,130 |
| 14-May-02 | A | Norway | L | 0-3 | (0-0) | | 8,348 |
| 25-May-02 | H | Sweden | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | J Mjallby(og) 63 | 55,418 |
| 16-Oct-02 | H | Jamaica | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | S Ono 7 | 55,427 |
| 20-Nov-02 | H | Argentina | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | | 61,816 |
| 28-Mar-03 | H | Uruguay | D | 2-2 | (1-2) | S Nakamura 23p; J Inamoto 57 | 54,039 |
| 16-Apr-03 | A | South Korea | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Y Nagai 90 | 64,703 |
| 31-May-03 | H | South Korea | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 53,405 |
| 08-Jun-03 | H | Argentina | L | 1-4 | (0-2) | Y Akita 55 | 42,508 |
| 11-Jun-03 | H | Paraguay | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 59,891 |
| 20-Aug-03 | H | Nigeria | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | N Takahara 2, 40; Y Endo 72 | 54,860 |
| 10-Sep-03 | H | Senegal | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | | 40,104 |
| 08-Oct-03 | A | Tunisia | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | A Yanagisawa 39 | 9,000 |
| 11-Oct-03 | A | Romania | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | A Yanagisawa 58 | 5,000 |
| 19-Nov-03 | H | Cameroon | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 38,627 |
| 07-Feb-04 | H | Malaysia | W | 4-0 | (3-0) | M Ogasawara 11; T Miyamoto 38; N Yamada 45; Y Endo 47 | 29,530 |
| 12-Feb-04 | H | Iraq | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | A Yanagisawa 47; Alex 84 | 38,622 |
| 25-Apr-04 | A | Hungary | L | 2-3 | (0-0) | K Tamada 75; T Kubo 77 | 6,000 |
| 28-Apr-04 | A | Czech Republic | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | T Kubo 32 | 11,802 |
| 30-May-04 | N | Iceland | W | 3-2 | (2-1) | T Kubo 21, 36; Alex 57p | 1,500 |
| 01-Jun-04 | A | England | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | S Ono 53 | 38,581 |
| 09-Jul-04 | H | Slovakia | W | 3-1 | (1-0) | T Fukunishi 45; T Suzuki 66; A Yanagisawa 81 | 34,458 |
| 13-Jul-04 | H | Yugoslavia | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Y Endo 49 | 57,616 |
| 18-Aug-04 | H | Argentina | L | 1-2 | (0-2) | T Suzuki 73 | 45,000 |
| 1 | 16-Nov-05 | H | Angola | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Matsui 89 | --,--- |
| 11-Feb-06 | A | United States | L | 2-3 | (0-0) | (2) | --,--- |
| 28-Feb-06 | A | Bosnia-Herzegovina | D | 2-2 | (0-0) | (2) | --,--- |
| 30-Mar-06 | H | Ecuador | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Sato 86 | 36,507 |
| 09-May-06 | H | Bulgaria | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Maki 76 | 44,851 |
| 13-May-06 | H | Scotland | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 58,648 |
| 30-May-06 | A | Germany | D | 2-2 | (0-0) | N Takahara 57, 65 | 22,500 |
| 04-Jun-06 | H | Malta | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | K Tamada 2 | 10,800 |
| 09-Aug-06 | H | Trinidad & Tobago | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | (2) | --,--- |
| 04-Oct-06 | H | Ghana | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
| 24-Mar-07 | H | Peru | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Maki 18; Takahara 54 | --,--- |
| 01-Jun-07 | H | Montenegro | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | Nacazawa 23; Takahara 38 | --,--- |
| 05-Jun-07 | H | Colombia | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
| 22-Aug-07 | H | Cameroon | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Tanaka 25; Yamase 89 | --,--- |
| 11-Sep-07 | A | Switzerland | W | 4-3 | (0-2) | Nakamura 52p, 78p; Maki 80; Yano 90 | --,--- |
| 17-Oct-07 | H | Egypt | W | 4-1 | (2-1) | Nozawa 21, 42; Maeda 54; Kaji 68 | --,--- |
| 26-Jan-08 | H | Chile | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
| 30-Jan-08 | H | Bosnia-Herzegovina | W | 3-0 | (0-0) | Y Nakazawa 69; K Yamase 83, 88 | --,--- |
| 20-Feb-08 | A | China | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | Yamase 18 | --,--- |
| 23-Feb-08 | H | South Korea | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Yamase 66 | --,--- |
| 24-May-08 | H | Ivory Coast | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | K Tamada 21 | --,--- |
| 27-May-08 | H | Paraguay | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
| 20-Aug-08 | H | Uruguay | L | 1-3 | (0-0) | S Eguren(og) 49 | --,--- |
| 09-Oct-08 | H | United Arab Emirates | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | Kagawa 73 | --,--- |
| 13-Nov-08 | H | Syria | W | 3-1 | (2-0) | Nagatomo 2; Tamada 27; Okubo 63 | --,--- |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of matches with the resulting scoreline.