The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Takeshi Okada, who had previously served as the manager for Japan leading up to and during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team.

The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō , or Nippon Daihyō , Daihyō 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 Ivica Osim, the team was known as Osim Japan. Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as "Samurai Blue."

Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.