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Japan men's national football team

vr.tr.japan-men-s-national-football-team · thing-q170566

Let an agent explain the Japan national team and its history, relay tournament records, notable players and matches from football sources, describe its organisation and current status, and distinguish the men s senior team from youth, women s and secondary teams.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What the team is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is the Japan national team, who controls it, and how does it differ from youth, women s and secondary teams? definition
  2. Is the question about the senior men s team, another national team or a club? boundary

Identity

Identity.

Identity

Identity.

  1. What are the team s colours, nickname, home venues and supporters? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific venue? action
History History and records.

Tournaments

Tournaments.

Tournaments

Tournaments.

  1. How has Japan performed at World Cups and in the AFC Asian Cup, and what were the notable campaigns? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Players

Players and coaches.

Players

Players.

  1. Who are the record players, top scorers and notable coaches? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Follow Following the team.

Current

Current status.

Current

Current.

  1. What is the team s current squad, coach and ranking, and where is it recorded? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the current tournament campaign? action

Matches

Matches and rivalries.

Matches

Matches.

  1. What are the team s notable matches and rivalries? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific rivalry? action
Context Context.

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What role does the team play in national culture, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Organisation

Organisation.

Organisation

Organisation.

  1. How is the team organised, funded and governed by the federation? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Japan Football Association? action

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Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
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Plane
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Domain
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Other names and narrower kinds
Japan at the FIFA World Cup

What it is Filled

The men's national association football team representing Japan in international competition, which played its first international in 1917 and is controlled by the Japan Football Association, founded in 1921; through 2024, its best FIFA World Cup result was the round of 16 in 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2022 and its best AFC Asian Cup result was champions, with a record four titles in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011; Japan qualified for every World Cup from 1998 through 2022, co-hosted the 2002 tournament with South Korea, beat Germany and Spain in the 2022 group stage and won Olympic bronze in 1968, with the professional J.League, founded in 1991 and beginning league play in 1993, contributing to its rise.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain the Japan national team and its history, relay tournament records, notable players and matches from football sources, describe its organisation and current status, and distinguish the men s senior team from youth, women s and secondary teams.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • National representation
  • AFC member
  • World Cup and Asian Cup history
  • Federation control

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Publish players' private lives or family details beyond what they made public.
  • Target players with abuse or amplify abuse after defeats.
  • Facilitate illegal betting or match fixing on the team's matches.
  • Present rumours of selection or transfers as confirmed.

Only with a human decision

  • Responding publicly to abuse targeting players.

May

  • Report fixtures, results and squads of the Japan men's team from the national association.
  • Describe the team's World Cup and Asian Cup record with sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • National teams carry national pride, and players and their families face pressure and abuse.

Who is affected

  • Players and staff
  • Fans

Owners Filled

Steward

The national football association of Japan that selects and controls it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1194951 - registry parent class

related

  • national sports team - in registry terms
  • Japan Football Association - the national federation
  • FIFA World Cup - and the AFC Asian Cup
  • AFC - through its federation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.japan-men-s-national-football-team
  • Wikidata: Q170566 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170566)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • federation founded: 1921 year
  • best World Cup result: the round of 16 in 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2022 result
  • best AFC Asian Cup result: champions, with a record four titles in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011 result
  • home stadium: Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, and other venues venue - commonly used
  • nickname: Samurai Blue name

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Japanese men s senior national football team
  • Japan at the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup
  • Youth, women s and secondary teams are separate; clubs are not national teams
  • Not a visible object; a team in national colours.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain history and records
  • relay tournaments and players
  • describe organisation
  • distinguish from other national teams

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stale squad and result information
  • Confusing senior, youth and women s teams
  • Nationalist framing of results

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • FIFA and AFC statutes and eligibility rules
  • National federation regulations

Context of use required Filled

  • Not applicable; a national sports team.
  • World Cup campaigns
  • AFC Asian Cup campaigns
  • Olympic and Confederations Cup campaigns
  • friendlies and qualifiers
  • secondary and youth teams as related entities

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q170566: Japan men's national football team - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Japan national football team - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should individual tournament campaigns be linked?
  • How should football sources be linked?
  • How should records be kept current?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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