Japan   日本
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Association	JAFA Japan American Football Association The Japan American Football Association was founded in 1934 and currently oversees junior high school, high school, collegiate and club/corporate teams. Every year since 1984 the organization held the Japan Championship Rice Bowl on January 3rd. The Rice Bowl is held between the winner of the...
Region	Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...  (AFAF Asian Federation of American Football The Asian Federation of American Football is the governing body of American football in Asia. It is a member of the International Federation of American Football.... )
Founded	1984
IFAF Affiliation
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General manager

The Japan national American football team represents Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in international American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 competitions. The team is controlled by the Japan American Football Association

Japan American Football Association

The Japan American Football Association was founded in 1934 and currently oversees junior high school, high school, collegiate and club/corporate teams. Every year since 1984 the organization held the Japan Championship Rice Bowl on January 3rd. The Rice Bowl is held between the winner of the...

, and has been one of the world's strongest international teams since it began participating regularly in international tournaments in the 1990s, and currently possesses more American Football World Cups

American Football World Cup

The IFAF World Championship of American Football is an international American football competition held every four years and contested by teams representing member nations. The competition is run by the International Federation of American Football , the international governing body for the sport...

 than any other nation with two titles (1999,2003).

Japan won the inaugural 1999

1999 IFAF World Cup

The 1999 IFAF World Championship was the inaugural IFAF World Championship, an international American football championship run by the International Federation of American Football . It was played in Palermo, Italy from 24 June - 4 July 1999...

 IFAF World Cup, won again in 2003

2003 IFAF World Cup

The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football . The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion...

. In 2007

2007 IFAF World Cup

The 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament...

 they advanced to the World Cup final, losing to the United States

United States national american football team

The United States national American football team represents the United States in international American football competitions. It is the country's official senior national men's football team. It is controlled by USA Football and is recognized by the International Federation of American Football...

 23–20 in overtime. In 2010 Japan beat Germany

Germany National American Football Team

The Germany national American football team, nicknamed the Men in Black is the official American football senior national team of Germany. They are organized by the American Football Verband Deutschland...

 24–14 in the inaugural Germany-Japan Bowl. On February 2011, Japan bested South Korea (76–0) to qualify for the 2011 IFAF World Cup

2011 IFAF World Cup

The 2011 IFAF World Championship was the fourth instance of the IFAF World Championship of American Football, an international American football tournament. It began on July 8, 2011 with the final games commencing on July 16. It was hosted by Austria, with games taking place in three cities:...

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