List of Japan national rugby union test matches explained

This is a list of all matches of the Japan national rugby union team.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Overall

Japan's overall Test match record against all nations, updated to 20 November 2021, is as follows:^[1]

1930s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1930-09-24	British Columbia	3	3	Brockton Oval	Vancouver	Draw
1932-01-31	Canada	9	8	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1932-02-11	Canada	38	5	Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium	Tokyo
1934-02-11	Australian Universities	8	18	Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium	Tokyo	Australian Universities
1934-02-18	Australian Universities	14	9	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1936-02-09	New Zealand Universities	8	16	Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand Universities
1936-02-16	New Zealand Universities	9	9	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Draw

1950s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1952-10-01	Oxford University	0	35	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Oxford University
1952-10-05	Oxford University	0	52	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Oxford University
1953-09-27	Cambridge University	11	34	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Cambridge University
1953-10-04	Cambridge University	6	35	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Cambridge University
1956-03-04	Australian Universities	14	16	Heiwadai Athletic Stadium	Fukuoka	Australian Universities
1956-03-21	Australian Universities	8	19	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Australian Universities
1956-03-25	Australian Universities	6	19	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Australian Universities
1958-03-02	Junior All Blacks	3	34	Heiwadai Athletic Stadium	Fukuoka
1958-03-09	Junior All Blacks	6	32	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1958-03-23	Junior All Blacks	3	56	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1959-03-15	British Columbia	17	21	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	British Columbia
1959-03-22	British Columbia	11	11	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Draw
1959-09-27	Oxford and Cambridge	6	54	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Oxford and Cambridge
1959-10-04	Oxford and Cambridge	14	44	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Oxford and Cambridge

1960s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1963-04-13	British Columbia	33	6	Brockton Oval	Vancouver
1967-03-12	New Zealand Universities	3	19	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	New Zealand Universities
1967-03-21	New Zealand Universities	8	55	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand Universities
1968-06-03	Junior All Blacks	23	19	Athletic Park	Wellington
1968-06-08	New Zealand Universities	16	25	Athletic Park	Wellington	New Zealand Universities
1969-03-09	Hong Kong	24	22	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo

1970s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1970-01-18	Thailand	42	11	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	Bangkok
1970-03-08	New Zealand Universities	6	16	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand Universities
1970-03-15	New Zealand Universities	14	28	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	New Zealand Universities
1970-03-22	British Columbia	32	3	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1970-03-29	New Zealand Universities	14	46	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand Universities
1971-09-24	England XV	19	27	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	England XV
1971-09-28	England XV	3	6	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	England XV
1972-04-02	Emerging Wallabies	24	22	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1972-04-08	Emerging Wallabies	17	17	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Draw
1972-11-11	Hong Kong	16	0	Government Stadium	Hong Kong
1973-10-06	Wales XV	14	62	National Stadium	Cardiff
1973-10-13	England Under-23's	10	19	Twickenham Stadium	London	England Under-23's
1973-10-27	France	18	30	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux	France
1974-05-12	New Zealand Universities	31	40	Carisbrook	Dunedin	New Zealand Universities
1974-05-19	Junior All Blacks	31	55	Eden Park	Auckland
1974-05-26	New Zealand Universities	24	21	Athletic Park	Wellington
1974-11-23	Sri Lanka	44	6	Longden Place	Colombo
1975-03-30		16	13	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
1975-08-02	Australia	7	37	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	Australia
1975-08-17	Australia	25	50	Ballymore Stadium	Brisbane	Australia
1975-09-21	Wales XV	12	56	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Wales XV
1975-09-24	Wales XV	6	82	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Wales XV
1976-03-28	New Zealand Universities	6	45	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand Universities
1976-05-12	British Columbia	7	38	Swangard Stadium	Vancouver	British Columbia
1976-09-25	Scotland XV	9	34	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh
1976-10-09	Welsh Clubs	9	63	St. Helen's	Swansea	Welsh Clubs
1976-10-16	England Under-23's	15	58	Twickenham Stadium	London	England Under-23's
1976-10-21	Italy	3	25	Stadio Silvio Appiani	Padova	Italy
1976-11-20	South Korea	11	3	Dongdaemun Stadium	Seoul
1977-03-27		16	20	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
1977-09-18	Scotland XV	9	74	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Scotland XV
1978-03-05	Queensland Reds	6	42	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Queensland Reds
1978-09-23	France XV	16	55	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	France XV
1978-11-25	South Korea	16	4	Stadium Merdeka	Kuala Lampur
1979-05-13	England XV	19	21	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	England XV
1979-05-20	England XV	18	38	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	England XV
1979-09-24	Cambridge University	19	28	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Cambridge University

1980s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1980-03-30	New Zealand Universities	25	25	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Draw
1980-10-04	Netherlands	13	15	Tribune Sportpark Hilversum	Hilversum	Netherlands
1980-10-19	France XV	3	23	Stadium de Toulouse	Toulouse	France XV
1980-11-16	South Korea	21	12	Taipei Municipal Stadium	Taipei
1981-03-21	Australian Universities	10	9	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1982-01-30	Hong Kong	18	12	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1982-04-11	Canada	24	18	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1982-04-18	Canada	16	6	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1982-05-16	New Zealand Universities	20	35	Athletic Park	Wellington	New Zealand Universities
1982-05-30	New Zealand Universities	6	22	Navigation Homes Stadium	Pukekohe	New Zealand Universities
1982-09-19	England Students	0	43	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	England Students
1982-09-26	New Zealand Universities	31	15	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
1982-11-27	South Korea	9	12	Lancaster Park	Singapore	South Korea
1983-09-25	Oxford and Cambridge	10	15	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Oxford and Cambridge
1983-10-22	Wales XV	24	29	National Stadium	Cardiff	Wales XV
1984-09-30	France XV	0	52	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	France XV
1984-10-07	France XV	12	40	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	France XV
1984-10-27	South Korea	20	13	Kasuga Field	Fukuoka
1985-04-21	United States	15	16	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	United States
1985-05-26	Ireland XV	13	48	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	Osaka
1985-06-02	Ireland XV	15	33	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1985-10-19	France XV	0	50	Stade Maurice Boyau	Dax	France XV
1985-10-26	France XV	0	52	Stade Marcel Saupin	Nantes	France XV
1986-05-31	United States	9	9	Murdock Stadium	Torrance	Draw
1986-06-07	Canada	26	21	Burnaby Lake Sports Complex	Burnaby Lake
1986-09-27	Scotland XV	18	33	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Scotland XV
1986-10-11	England XV	12	39	Twickenham Stadium	London	England XV
1986-11-29	South Korea	22	24	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	Bangkok	South Korea
1987-05-24	United States	18	21	Ballymore Stadium	Brisbane	United States
1987-05-30	England	7	60	Concord Oval	Sydney	England
1987-06-03	Australia	23	42	Concord Oval	Sydney	Australia
1987-10-03	Ireland Students	12	24	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Ireland Students
1987-10-25	New Zealand XV	0	74	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	New Zealand XV
1987-11-01	New Zealand XV	4	106	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand XV
1988-10-01	Oxford University	12	23	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Oxford University
1988-11-19	South Korea	13	17	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	South Korea
1989-05-28	Scotland XV	28	24	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo

1990s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
1990-03-04	Fiji	6	32	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Fiji
1990-04-08	Tonga	28	16	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1990-04-11	South Korea	26	10	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1990-04-15	Samoa	11	37	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Samoa
1990-09-23	United States	15	25	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	United States
1990-10-27	South Korea	9	13	Sugathadasa Stadium	Colombo	South Korea
1991-04-27	United States	9	20	National Sports Center	Blaine	United States
1991-05-04	United States	15	27	Rockne Stadium	Chicago	United States
1991-05-11	Canada	26	49	Thunderbird Stadium	Vancouver	Canada
1991-09-07	Hong Kong	42	3	Edogawa Stadium	Tokyo
1991-10-05	Scotland	9	47	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Scotland
1991-10-09	Ireland	16	32	Lansdowne Road	Dublin
1991-10-14	Zimbabwe	52	8	Ravenhill Stadium	Belfast
1992-09-26	Hong Kong	37	9	Dongdaemun Stadium	Seoul
1993-05-15	Argentina	27	30	Estadio Monumental José Fierro	Tucuman	Argentina
1993-05-22	Argentina	20	45	Ferro Carril Oeste	Buenos Aires	Argentina
1993-10-16	Wales	5	55	National Stadium	Cardiff	Wales
1994-05-08	Fiji	24	18	Ningineer Stadium	Ehime
1994-05-15	Fiji	20	8	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
1994-06-18	Hong Kong	22	10	Tsukisamu Dome	Sapporo
1994-10-29	South Korea	26	11	Stadium Merdeka	Kuala Lumpur
1995-02-11	Tonga	16	47	Mizuho Stadium	Nagoya	Tonga
1995-02-19	Tonga	16	24	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Tonga
1995-05-03	Romania	34	21	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1995-05-27	Wales	10	57	Free State Stadium	Bloemfontein	Wales
1995-05-31	Ireland	28	50	Free State Stadium	Bloemfontein
1995-06-04	New Zealand	17	145	Free State Stadium	Bloemfontein	New Zealand
1996-05-11	Hong Kong	34	27	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1996-05-18	Hong Kong	9	33	Aberdeen Stadium	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1996-06-09	Canada	18	45	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Canada
1996-06-16	United States	24	18	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1996-07-06	United States	5	74	Boxer Stadium	San Francisco	United States
1996-07-13	Canada	30	51	Thunderbird Stadium	Vancouver	Canada
1996-11-09	South Korea	41	25	Taipei Municipal Stadium	Taipei
1997-05-03	Hong Kong	20	42	Aberdeen Stadium	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1997-05-18	Canada	32	31	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1997-05-25	United States	12	20	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	United States
1997-06-07	United States	29	51	Boxer Stadium	San Francisco	United States
1997-06-14	Canada	18	42	Thunderbird Stadium	Vancouver	Canada
1997-06-29	Hong Kong	23	41	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Hong Kong
1998-05-03	Canada	22	30	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Canada
1998-05-10	United States	27	38	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	United States
1998-05-23	Hong Kong	38	31	Aberdeen Stadium	Hong Kong
1998-06-07	Hong Kong	16	17	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Hong Kong
1998-06-13	United States	25	21	Boxer Stadium	San Francisco
1998-06-20	Canada	25	34	Thunderbird Stadium	Vancouver	Canada
1998-09-15	Argentina	44	29	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1998-10-24	South Korea	40	12	Jalan Besar Stadium	Singapore
1998-10-27	Chinese Taipei	134	6	Jalan Besar Stadium	Singapore
1998-10-31	Hong Kong	47	7	Jalan Besar Stadium	Singapore
1998-12-18	South Korea	17	21	Jalan Besar Stadium	Singapore	South Korea
1999-05-01	Canada	23	21	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1999-05-08	Tonga	44	17	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
1999-05-22	Samoa	37	34	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
1999-06-05	Fiji	9	16	Churchill Park	Lautoka	Fiji
1999-06-12	United States	47	31	Kaipiolani Park	Honolulu
1999-08-20	Spain	30	7	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
1999-10-03	Samoa	9	43	Racecourse Ground	Wrexham	Samoa
1999-10-09	Wales	15	64	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Wales
1999-10-16	Argentina	12	33	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Argentina

2000s

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
2000-05-20	Fiji	22	47	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Fiji
2000-05-27	United States	21	36	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	United States
2000-06-03	Tonga	25	26	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Tonga
2000-06-10	Samoa	9	68	Apia Park	Apia	Samoa
2000-07-02	South Korea	34	29	Aomori Stadium	Aomori
2000-07-15	Canada	18	62	Fletcher's Fields	Markham	Canada
2000-11-11	Ireland	9	78	Lansdowne Road	Dublin
2001-05-13	South Korea	27	19	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2001-05-27	Chinese Taipei	65	15	Tainan Rugby Stadium	Tainan
2001-06-10	Wales	10	64	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka	Wales
2001-06-17	Wales	30	53	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Wales
2001-07-04	Samoa	8	47	Ajinomoto Stadium	Tokyo	Samoa
2001-07-08	Canada	39	7	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2002-05-19	Russia	59	19	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
2002-05-26	Tonga	29	41	Kumagaya Rugby Ground	Kumagaya	Tonga
2002-06-16	South Korea	90	24	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
2002-07-06	Chinese Taipei	155	3	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2002-07-14	South Korea	55	17	Dongdaemun Stadium	Seoul
2002-07-21	Chinese Taipei	120	3	Tainan Rugby Stadium	Tainan
2002-10-13	South Korea	34	45	Ulsan Public Stadium	Ulsan	South Korea
2003-05-17	United States	27	69	Boxer Stadium	San Francisco	United States
2003-05-25	Russia	34	43	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Russia
2003-06-05	Australia A	5	63	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	Osaka	Australia A
2003-06-08	Australia A	15	66	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Australia A
2003-06-15	South Korea	86	3	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
2003-07-03	England A	10	37	Ajinomoto Stadium	Tokyo	England A
2003-07-06	England A	20	55	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	England A
2003-10-12	Scotland	11	32	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Townsville	Scotland
2003-10-18	France	29	51	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Townsville	France
2003-10-23	Fiji	13	41	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Townsville	Fiji
2003-10-27	United States	26	39	Central Coast Stadium	Gosford	United States
2004-05-16	South Korea	19	19	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Draw
2004-05-27	Russia	29	12	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
2004-05-30	Canada	34	21	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2004-07-04	Italy	19	32	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Italy
2004-11-13	Scotland	8	100	McDiarmid Park	Perth	Scotland
2004-11-20	Romania	10	25	Dinamo Stadium	Bucharest	Romania
2004-11-26	Wales	0	98	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Wales
2005-04-16	Uruguay	18	24	Estadio Luis Franzini	Montevideo	Uruguay
2005-04-23	Argentina	36	68	Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club	Buenos Aires	Argentina
2005-05-08	Hong Kong	91	3	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2005-05-15	South Korea	50	31	Yeongwol Ground	Kangwon
2005-05-25	Romania	23	16	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
2005-05-29	Canada	10	15	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Canada
2005-06-12	Ireland	12	44	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	Osaka
2005-06-19	Ireland	18	47	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2005-11-05	Spain	44	29	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2006-04-16	Arabian Gulf	82	9	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2006-04-23	South Korea	50	14	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2006-05-14	Georgia	32	7	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
2006-06-04	Tonga	16	57	Honjo Stadium	Fukuoka	Tonga
2006-06-11	Italy	6	52	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Italy
2006-06-17	Samoa	9	53	Yarrow Stadium	New Plymouth	Samoa
2006-06-24	Junior All Blacks	8	38	Carisbrook	Dunedin	Junior All Blacks
2006-07-01	Fiji	15	29	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	Osaka	Fiji
2006-11-18	Hong Kong	52	3	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong
2006-11-25	South Korea	54	0	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong
2007-04-22	South Korea	82	0	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2007-04-29	Hong Kong	73	3	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2007-05-26	Fiji	15	30	Churchill Park	Lautoka	Fiji
2007-06-02	Tonga	20	17	Coffs Harbour International Stadium	Coffs Harbour
2007-06-09	Australia A	10	71	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Townsville	Australia A
2007-06-16	Samoa	3	13	Sendai Stadium	Miyagi	Samoa
2007-06-24	Junior All Blacks	3	51	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Junior All Blacks
2007-08-18	Italy	12	36	Stadio Sportivo Comunale	Saint Vincent	Italy
2007-09-08	Australia	3	91	Stade de Gerland	Lyon	Australia
2007-09-12	Fiji	31	35	Stadium de Toulouse	Toulouse	Fiji
2007-09-20	Wales	18	72	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Wales
2007-09-25	Canada	12	12	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux	Draw
2008-04-26	South Korea	39	17	Munhak Stadium	Incheon
2008-05-03	Arabian Gulf	114	6	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
2008-05-10	Kazakhstan	82	6	Almaty Central Stadium	Almaty
2008-05-18	Hong Kong	75	29	Denka Big Swan Stadium	Niigata
2008-06-08	Australia A	21	42	Level5 Stadium	Fukuoka	Australia A
2008-06-15	Tonga	35	13	Sendai Stadium	Miyagi
2008-06-22	Fiji	12	24	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Fiji
2008-06-28	Maori All Blacks	22	65	McLean Park	Napier	Maori All Blacks
2008-07-05	Samoa	31	37	Apia Park	Apia	Samoa
2008-11-16	United States	29	19	Mizuho Stadium	Nagoya
2008-11-22	United States	32	17	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2009-04-25	Kazakhstan	87	10	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
2009-05-02	Hong Kong	59	6	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong
2009-05-16	South Korea	80	9	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	Osaka
2009-05-23	Singapore	45	15	Yio Chu Kang Stadium	Singapore
2009-06-18	Samoa	15	34	Lawaqa Park	Sigatoka	Samoa
2009-06-23	Junior All Blacks	21	52	Churchill Park	Lautoka	Junior All Blacks
2009-06-27	Tonga	21	19	Churchill Park	Lautoka
2009-07-03	Fiji	39	40	National Stadium	Suva	Fiji
2009-11-15	Canada	46	8	Sendai Stadium	Miyagi
2009-11-21	Canada	27	6	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo

2010-2014

Date	Opponent	F	A	Venue	City	Winner
2010-05-01	South Korea	71	13	Daegu Stadium	Daegu
2010-05-08	Arabian Gulf	60	5	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2010-05-15	Kazakhstan	101	7	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	Bangkok
2010-05-22	Hong Kong	94	5	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2010-06-12	Fiji	8	22	Churchill Park	Lautoka	Fiji
2010-06-19	Samoa	31	23	Apia Park	Apia
2010-06-26	Tonga	26	23	Apia Park	Apia
2010-10-30	Samoa	10	13	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Samoa
2010-11-06	Russia	75	3	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2011-04-30	Hong Kong	45	22	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong
2011-05-07	Kazakhstan	61	0	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	Bangkok
2011-05-13	United Arab Emirates	111	0	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	Dubai
2011-05-21	Sri Lanka	90	13	Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club	Colombo
2011-07-02	Samoa	15	34	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Samoa
2011-07-09	Tonga	28	27	ANZ National Stadium	Suva
2011-07-13	Fiji	24	13	Churchill Park	Lautoka
2011-08-13	Italy	24	31	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	Cesena	Italy
2011-08-21	United States	20	14	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2011-09-10	France	21	47	North Harbour Stadium	North Shore	France
2011-09-16	New Zealand	7	83	Waikato Stadium	Hamilton	New Zealand
2011-09-21	Tonga	18	31	Okara Park	Whangarei	Tonga
2011-09-27	Canada	23	23	McLean Park	Napier	Draw
2012-04-28	Kazakhstan	87	0	Almaty Central Stadium	Almaty
2012-05-05	United Arab Emirates	106	3	Level5 Stadium	Fukuoka
2012-05-12	South Korea	52	8	Seongnam Sports Complex	Seoul
2012-05-19	Hong Kong	67	0	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2012-06-05	Fiji	19	25	Mizuho Stadium	Nagoya	Fiji
2012-06-10	Tonga	20	24	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Tonga
2012-06-17	Samoa	26	27	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Samoa
2012-11-10	Romania	34	23	Arcul de Triumf	Bucharest
2012-11-17	Georgia	25	22	National Stadium	Tbilisi
2013-04-20	Philippines	121	0	Level5 Stadium	Fukuoka
2013-04-27	Hong Kong	38	0	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong
2013-05-04	South Korea	64	5	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2013-05-10	United Arab Emirates	93	3	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	Dubai
2013-05-25	Tonga	17	27	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium	Yokohama	Tonga
2013-06-01	Fiji	8	22	Churchill Park	Lautoka	Fiji
2013-06-08	Wales	18	22	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Wales
2013-06-15	Wales	23	8	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2013-06-19	Canada	16	13	Mizuho Stadium	Nagoya
2013-06-23	United States	38	20	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2013-11-02	New Zealand	6	54	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	New Zealand
2013-11-09	Scotland	17	42	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Scotland
2013-11-15	Russia	40	13	Eirias Stadium	Colwyn Bay
2013-11-23	Spain	40	7	Campo Universitaria	Madrid
2014-05-03	Philippines	99	10	Eagles Nest Stadium	Bagong Silangan
2014-05-10	Sri Lanka	132	10	Mizuho Stadium	Nagoya
2014-05-17	South Korea	62	5	Munhak Stadium	Incheon
2014-05-25	Hong Kong	49	8	Olympic Stadium	Tokyo
2014-05-30	Samoa	33	14	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2014-06-07	Canada	34	25	Swangard Stadium	Vancouver
2014-06-14	United States	37	29	Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson
2014-06-21	Italy	26	23	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo
2014-11-15	Romania	18	13	Arcul de Triumf	Bucharest
2014-11-23	Georgia	24	35	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Tbilisi	Georgia

2015-2019

Date	Tournament	Opponent	F	A	Venue	Winner	width=110px	Report
2015-04-18	2015 Asia Championship	South Korea	56	30	Namdong Field, South Korea
2015-05-02	2015 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	41	0	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan
2015-05-09	2015 Asia Championship	South Korea	66	10	Level5 Stadium, Japan
2015-05-23	2015 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	/	/	Aberdeen Stadium, Hong Kong	–	Abandoned ^[2]
2015-07-18	2015 Pacific Cup	Canada	20	6	Avaya Stadium, USA		^[3]
2015-07-24	2015 Pacific Cup	United States	18	23	Papa Murphy's Park, USA		^[4]
2015-07-29	2015 Pacific Cup	Fiji	22	27	BMO Field, Canada
2015-08-03	2015 Pacific Cup	Tonga	20	31	Swangard Stadium, Canada		^[5]
2015-08-03	2015 World Cup warm-up	World XV	20	45	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan	World XV	^[6]
2015-08-22	2015 World Cup warm-up	Uruguay	30	8	Level5 Stadium, Japan		^[7]
2015-08-29	2015 World Cup warm-up	Uruguay	40	0	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan		^[8]
2015-09-05	2015 World Cup warm-up	Georgia	13	10	Kingsholm Stadium, England		^[9]
2015-09-19	2015 World Cup	South Africa	34	32	Falmer Stadium, England
2015-09-23	2015 World Cup	Scotland	10	45	Kingsholm Stadium, England
2015-10-03	2015 World Cup	Samoa	26	5	Stadium MK, England
2015-10-11	2015 World Cup	United States	28	18	Kingsholm Stadium, England
2016-04-30	2016 Asia Championship	South Korea	85	0	Mitsuzawa Stadium, Japan
2016-05-07	2016 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	38	3	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
2016-05-21	2016 Asia Championship	South Korea	60	3	Namdong Field, South Korea
2016-05-28	2016 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	59	17	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan
2016-06-11	2016 June tests	Canada	26	22	BC Place, Canada
2016-06-18	2016 Scotland tour	Scotland	13	26	Toyota Stadium, Japan
2016-06-25	2016 Scotland tour	Scotland	16	21	Ajinomoto Stadium, Japan
2016-11-05	2016 November tests	Argentina	20	54	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan		^[10]
2016-11-12	2016 November tests	Georgia	28	22	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Georgia
2016-11-19	2016 November tests	Wales	30	33	Millennium Stadium, Wales		^[11]
2016-11-26	2016 November tests	Fiji	25	38	Stade de la Rabine, France
2017-04-22	2017 Asia Championship	South Korea	47	29	Namdong Field, South Korea
2017-04-29	2017 Asia Championship	South Korea	80	10	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan
2017-05-06	2017 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	29	17	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan
2017-05-13	2017 Asia Championship	Hong Kong	16	0	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
2017-06-10	2017 June tests	Romania	33	21	Egao Kenko Stadium, Japan
2017-06-17	2017 Ireland tour	Ireland	22	50	Shizuoka Stadium, Japan
2017-06-24	2017 Ireland tour	Ireland	13	35	Ajinomoto Stadium, Japan
2017-11-04	2017 November tests	Australia	30	63	Yokohama Nissan, Japan		^[12]
2017-11-18	2017 November tests	Tonga	39	6	Stade Ernest-Wallon, France
2017-11-25	2017 November tests	France	23	23	Paris La Défense Arena, France	Draw	^[13]
2018-06-09	2018 June tests	Italy	34	17	Oita Dome, Japan
2018-06-16	2018 June tests	Italy	22	25	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Japan
2018-06-23	2018 June tests	Georgia	28	0	Toyota Stadium, Japan
2018-11-03	2018 November tests	New Zealand	31	69	Ajinomoto Stadium, Japan
2018-11-17	2018 November tests	England	15	35	Twickenham Stadium, England
2018-11-24	2018 November tests	Russia	32	27	Kingsholm Stadium, England
2019-07-27	2019 Pacific Cup	Fiji	34	21	Kamaishi Stadium, Japan		^[14]
2019-08-03	2019 Pacific Cup	Tonga	41	7	Hanazono Stadium, Japan		^[15]
2019-08-10	2019 Pacific Cup	United States	34	20	ANZ National Stadium, Fiji		^[16]
2019-09-06	2019 World Cup warm-up	South Africa	7	41	Kumagaya Ground, Japan		^[17]
2019-09-20	2019 World Cup	Russia	30	10	Tokyo Stadium, Japan
2019-09-28	2019 World Cup	Ireland	19	12	Shizuoka Stadium, Japan		^[18]
2019-10-05	2019 World Cup	Samoa	38	19	Toyota Stadium, Japan
2019-10-13	2019 World Cup	Scotland	28	21	Yokohama Nissan, Japan
2019-10-20	2019 World Cup	South Africa	3	26	Tokyo Stadium, Japan

2020s

Date	Tournament	Opponent	F	A	Venue	Winner	Report
2021-06-26	2021 British & Irish Lions tour	British & Irish Lions	10	28	Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland	British & Irish Lions	^[19] ^[20]
2021-07-03	2021 July tests	Ireland	31	39	Aviva Stadium, Ireland		^[21]
2021-10-23	2021 November tests	Australia	23	32	Oita Stadium, Japan		^[22]
2021-11-06	2021 November tests	Ireland	5	60	Aviva Stadium, Ireland		^[23] ^[24]
2021-11-13	2021 November tests	Portugal	38	25	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021-11-20	2021 November tests	Scotland	20	29	Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland		^[25]
2022-06-18	2022 July tests	Uruguay	34	15	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Japan
2022-06-25	2022 July tests	Uruguay	43	7	Kitakyushu Stadium, Japan
2022-07-02	2022 July tests	France	23	42	Toyota Stadium, Japan
2022-07-09	2022 July tests	France	15	20	National Stadium, Japan
2022-10-29	2022 autumn internationals	New Zealand	31	38	National Stadium, Japan
2022-11-12	2022 autumn internationals	England	13	52	Twickenham Stadium, England
2022-11-19	2022 autumn internationals	France	17	35	Stadium de Toulouse, France
2023-07-22	2023 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup	Samoa	22	24	Sapporo Dome,Japan
2023-07-29	2023 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup	Tonga	21	16	Hanazono Rugby Stadium,Japan
2023-08-05	2023 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup	Fiji	12	35	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,Japan
2023-08-27	Summer Nations Series	Italy	21	42	Stadio Comunale di Monigo,Italy
2023-09-10	2023 Rugby World Cup	Chile	42	12	Stadium de Toulouse,France
2023-09-18	2023 Rugby World Cup	England	12	34	Allianz Riviera,France
2023-09-29	2023 Rugby World Cup	Samoa	28	22	Stadium de Toulouse,France
2023-10-08	2023 Rugby World Cup	Argentina	27	39	Stade de la Beaujoire,France

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4. Web site: USA upset RWC 2015 opponents Japan. worldrugby.org. worldrugby.org. 14 September 2017.
5. Web site: Fiji claim Pacific Nations Cup 2015 crown. worldrugby.org. worldrugby.org. 14 September 2017.
6. Web site: Naiyaravoro on fire as World XV beat Japan. espn.co.uk. 15 August 2015 . 14 September 2017.
7. Web site: Japan beat Uruguay to end four-game losing run. espn.co.uk. 22 August 2015 . 14 September 2017.
8. Web site: Brave Blossoms beat los Teros 40-0 in final game in Japan before RWC . 30 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923005941/http://jrfu.org/jrfu/index.php/latest/item/344-brave-blossoms-beat-los-teros-40-0-in-final-game-in-japan-before-rwc . 23 September 2015 . dead .
9. Web site: Japan edge Georgia with last-gasp try. ESPN. Staff. espn.co.uk. 14 September 2017.
10. Web site: Sanchez stars as Pumas rout Japan. espn.co.uk. 5 November 2016 . 14 September 2017.
11. Web site: Wales vs Japan - Report - tour 2016 2016 - 19 Nov, 2016 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 14 September 2017.
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13. Web site: Japan almost beats France, draw 23-23 in Paris. Sydney Morning Herald. 26 November 2017 . 26 November 2017.
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