AFC Asian Cup  was won four times by the Japan national football team.
 Two years after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) came into being in 1954, the first ever AFC Asian Cup was staged in Hong Kong with seven of the twelve founding members taking part, making the tournament the second oldest in the world
 Since the launch of the Japan Professional Football League in November 1991, the record has been 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses

