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The Japan national wheelchair handball team is the national wheelchair handball team of Japan and is overseen by the Japan Wheelchair Handball Federation.
Japan planned to participate at the first Four a Side World Championship in September 2022. But because three women were needed for the competition and Japan didn't receive a single application from a woman they cancelled the plans in 2022. In 2024 they plan to participate at the second Four a Side World Championship. [1]
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Four a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | L | SW | SL | SPW | SPL | |
 2022 Egypt | Did not participated | ||||||||
| 2024 Egypt | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Six a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 2022 Portugal | Did not participated | ||||||||
| Total | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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