🇯🇵 A day Japan will never forget! Will they qualify for #FIFAWorldCup 26 today? | FIFA World Cup

After a dominant start to the third round of #AsianQualifiers for the FIFA World Cup, 🇯🇵 Japan will be looking to make it two wins in a row away to 🇧🇭 Bahrain tonight! #WCQ #FIFAWorldCup | ESPN Asia

Highlights: Japan 1-3 Qatar (AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019: Final)

Millions of football fans have never seen a FIFA World Cup that didn’t feature Japan. They may be mainstays of modern World Cup history, but the Blue Samurai didn’t make their debut until they made their bow in 1998 and they loved it so much they’ve not missed a tournament since! Having gotten their first taste (and goal) in France, they fully embraced World Cup fever in 2002, co-hosting with Korea Republic, and this was when they really hit their stride. Wins over Russia and Tunisia propelled t