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Watch England vs Japan in a tricky Wembley test, as FourFourTwo brings you a comprehensive guide on live streams and TV coverage wherever you are in the world.
- Kick-off time: 7:45pm BST / 2:45pm ET
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The current World Cup 2026 qualification play-offs were never a concern for either of these teams. Japan were the first to qualify for the World Cup, England the first European side. Both have high hopes for the summer.
Hajime Moriyasu and Samurai Blue lined up fixtures against Scotland and England this month, making a positive start to the long weekend of action with a 1-0 win at Hampden Park.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information on how to watch England vs Japan online, on TV, and from anywhere.
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Like Friday's fixture against Uruguay, England vs Japan will be shown live in the UK on ITV1.
You can stream it too! It will be available on ITVX and all you need is a login. Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT.
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Is England vs Japan on TV in the US?
US-based football fans can watch England vs Japan on Fox Soccer Plus.
Is England vs Japan on TV in Australia?
There will be a host of international friendlies available to watch on Stan Sport this week, including England vs Japan.
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Junya Ito scored the late winner for Japan north of the border. The 33-year-old former Kashiwa Reysol forward is in his second permanent spell with Genk in Belgium and has now bagged 15 goals for the national team.
Japanese football has big plans. The J.League, which governs the top three tiers of Japanese league football, is in the middle of the catchily title Meiji Yasuda J.League 100 Year Vision League, a sprint season that enables J1, J2 and J3 to move to an autumn-to-spring calendar later this year.
The objectives, ultimately, point towards strengthening J1 in its regional context and the development of the national team. The authorities have also introduced other measures to account for a lack of playing time for young professionals, demonstrating a committed focus on player development.
Tuchel has released Adam Wharton, Noni Madueke, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin for a variety of reasons – part of the England team against Japan will look more familiar than the Uruguay line-up but there will still be players included in audition mode.
England qualified at walking pace and will need to get up to speed in time for the summer. Group L pits them against Croatia, Ghana and Panama, Tuchel's first World Cup finals matches as a player or manager.
Japan qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1998 and haven't failed to qualify in the 28 years since. Their next milestone is to get beyond the round of 16, a journey that will continue in June when they face the Netherlands, Tunisia and either Sweden or Poland in the group stage.
The three previous meetings between England and Japan were all friendlies and were all played just before major international tournaments. England won two and drew the other one.
FourFourTwo's prediction
England 2-1 Japan
This fixture is yet to produce a 'nil' on either side of the scoreline. Japan are a growing force but we're backing a narrow England win.
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