Japan - Uzbekistan H2H. Head to head statistics and prediction, goals, past matches, actual form for Asian Cup. Compare teams statistics You are on page where you can compare teams Japan vs Uzbekistan before start the match. Here you can easy to compare statistics for both teams. Japan national football team - Wikipedia Japan's postwar debut was in the 1951 Asian Games in India. Japan re-joined FIFA in 1950 and played in qualifiers for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, but lost the AFC qualifying berth to South Korea after two matches, beginning an intense rivalry. Japan also joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.. Dettmar Cramer joined the Japan national team as coach in 1960, and helped lead the team to