 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Japan kusvika kuma1990 yaive zita diki munhabvu yeAsia, uye nyika yakangokodzera mutambo we1988, kekutanga Japan kutora chikamu mumutambo wenhabvu wekondinendi. Zvisinei, sezvo Japan yakatanga kuita nhanho dzakasimba munzira inoenda kunhabvu yehunyanzvi, hupfumi hwenyika hwakawedzera. Japan yakagamuchira 1992 AFC Asian Cup, iyo yakaderedzwa kusvika kumapoka masere uye mapoka maviri, uko yakabuda ichikunda mushure mekukunda Saudi Arabia, panguva iyoyo vachirwira makwikwi, 1 0, kuhwina rukudzo rwekutanga rwenyika. 