 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Japan ndiyo chikwata chokutanga kubva kunze kweAmerica kutora chikamu muCopa América, ichinge yakokwa kuCopa América ya1999. Japan yakakokwawo kumutambo wa2011uye pakutanga akabvuma kukokwa. Zvisinei, zvichitevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kweTōhoku uye tsunami muna 2011, JFA yakazobvisa musi wa 16 Chivabvu 2011, ichidudza kuoma kwekusunungura vamwe vatambi veJapan kubva kumapoka eEurope kuti vatambe sevanotsiva. Zuva rakatevera racho, CONMEBOL yakakoka Costa Rica kuti itsive Japan mumakwikwi acho. 