Japan national handball team

The Japanese men's national handball team represents Japan in international tournaments in the men's handball.

The team has a total of twice Asian champion ( most recently in 1979) and took eight times so far at the World Handball championships, the best finish they reached the 10th place at the 1970 World Cup in France.

Successes in championships

Handball World Cup

• World Cup 1970: 10th Place
• World Cup 1995: 23th Place
• World Cup 1997: unranked
• World Cup 2011: 16th Place

Handball Asian Cup

• Gold: 1977, 1979
• Silver: 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2004
• Bronze: 1993, 2000

Olympic games

Not have a participation

Known for national team

• Yukihiro Hashimoto
• Daisuke Miyazaki
• Masanori Iwamoto
• Yuya Taba