Best Free Ways to Watch World Cup 2022 in Japan: TV Channels, Websites and Livestream

DAZN bags media rights of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Japan. Photo sportsmintmedia

The Japanese Samurais are drawn into Group E alongside four-time champs Germany, 2010 finalist Spain, and 2014 dark horses Costa Rica.

It is kinda evident how the Japanese are the least favorites to qualify for this group of death. Japan will have to pull off a miracle that could go down as one of the best World Cup moments. Japanese will attempt to reduce the goal count and points. With all that being said, we think that Japan could be a massive game-changer.

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What is the Official Broadcasting Channel of World Cup 2022 in Japan (Japanese Language)

The media rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Japan were sold to DAZN by ABEMA and Dentsu.

To broadcast all 64 games of the tournament live, Dentsu partnered with ABEMA earlier this year. ABEMA has promised a free stream of the event.

DAZN is expected to show three-minute highlights of each game from this year’s event, which kicks off on November 20. Along with this, the network will also showcase a regular review programme on its subscription streaming platform. It will also air a World Cup edition of its Judge Replay programme, which normally discusses Japanese J.League matches.

ABEMA will provide Japanese language coverage of the World Cup since Japan is the country that speaks the Japanese language as its official language.

To commercial broadcasters like NHK, Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, and TV Tokyo, it licensed linear broadcasting rights to stream the World Cup.

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How to Watch World Cup 2022 in Japan Without Cable

Signing up for an ABEMA Connect membership is your best bet if you’re a Japanese resident who wants to watch the FIFA World Cup 2022 but doesn’t have cable TV. Because of their status as the tournament’s official broadcaster, viewers can tune in even if they lack a cable subscription.

You can watch the FIFA World Cup in Japan without spending any money if you sign up for ExpressVPN, NordVPN, or IPVanish VPN, the three virtual private network service providers we recommend.

In addition to BBC I player, SBS, and MatchTV.ru, free platforms such as BBC I player, SBS, and MatchTV.ru stream the action in real-time. Depending on your preference, you can choose the server located in the United Kingdom, Australia, or Russia.

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Free Websites to Watch World Cup 2022 in Japan

♦ Firstly, visit the official website of TV channels in the UK, USA and Japan. Most of these channels feature Livestreams of World Cup matches on their websites.

However, you have to register and most have to pay to watch the high quality livestream. Some sites give you a free trial for 1 or 2 weeks.

You can watch the World Cup in Japan on several different streaming services apps, including NHK, Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Abema, Fubo TV, SBS, BBC, Peacock Premium, and Sling Blue.

♦ Due to expensive copyright restrictions, there are not many websites that broadcast matches at the 2022 World Cup for free.

However, there are still many websites specializing in sports and football that have live, online and completely free streams of matches at the 2022 World Cup.

Information about websites and links will be updated by us right before each match at the 2022 World Cup.

However, it is illegal to broadcast the World Cup live on these websites.

Watch Live All Matches of the World Cup 2022 on Social Platforms

♦ Although copyrighted, on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc., there are still many personal accounts that livestream matches at the 2022 World Cup.

Before each match, you just need to visit that social network and search with the keyword phrase "Watch Live...names of the two teams", there will be a series of personal accounts that stream the match.

However, due to illegal broadcasting, the picture and video quality is very poor, often interrupted, amateur commentary, and too many ads, etc.

♦ FIFA TV has allowed verified content publishers to stream live matches on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, YouTube, and Instagram. So, every football fan can enjoy World Cup live matches on your smartphones at homes, offices, restaurants, cars, etc.

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Watch World Cup 2022 in Japan via VPN

You can watch the FIFA World Cup in Japan without spending any money if you sign up for ExpressVPN, NordVPN, or IPVanish VPN, the three virtual private network service providers we recommend.

In addition to BBC I player, SBS, and MatchTV.ru, free platforms such as BBC I player, SBS, and MatchTV.ru stream the action in real-time. Depending on your preference, you can choose the server located in the United Kingdom, Australia, or Russia.

Watch World Cup 2022 in Japan on Mobile For Free

You’ll need to install the BBC I Player app to do this on your mobile device. The BBC will free broadcast the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the UK. Using a virtual private network (VPN) with a server in the UK will allow you to unblock all UK-based content, including the FIFA World Cup 2022, on your mobile device for no additional cost.

Japan’s Fixture at the FIFA World Cup 2022 (Japan time)

Because Qatar and Japan are located on different continents. Japan time zone is GMT+9 and Qatar’s time zone is GMT+3. Qatar is 6 hours ahead of Japan.

Japan Team at World Cup 2022

Japan’s national team has never gone beyond the Round of 16 stage at the World Cup but will be hopeful of enjoying a lengthy run at this year’s tournament.

There is a lot of experience in their squad but there are also some talented young prospects, such as Real Sociedad winger Takefusa Kubo. In addition, Japan boasts players with Premier League credentials, and many fans around the world will already be familiar with Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu and former Liverpool man Takumi Minamino.

Japan’s preparations for the tournament have gone well, having beaten off the challenge of Australia to qualify automatically in the AFC region, but it remains to be seen how well the Samurai Blue will fare when they come up against stronger opposition.

Prediction

At least one of the ‘big’ footballing nations tends to fall at the first hurdle at a major tournament, and Japan will hope that either Spain or Germany misfire this winter. That is Japan’s best hope of progressing to the knockout stages, though – on paper – they are likely to finish behind those two nations and bow out early.

Who is likely to be the star name in the squad?

Brighton newcomer Kaoru Mitoma has been dazzling for both his country, and his new club.

Former Brighton manager Graham Potter spoke about Mitoma after the winger made his debut as a substitute, claiming that he was "going to cause full-backs a problem".

"He has got that ability to go by people that is quite unique," Potter added.

Mitoma scored both of the two goals against Australia which propelled his side into the World Cup finals, with just five minutes between them in the dying moments of the match.

What is Japan's World Cup record?

Japan have appeared at every World Cup since 1998, and have progressed to the round 16 in 2002 – during the tournament they jointly hosted with South Korea – 2010, and 2018. 2018's iteration saw them exit the tournament after a particularly lively match against Belgium, who ended up finishing third in Russia.

In 2019, Japan competed in both the AFC Asian Cup, where they reached the final, losing to Qatar, and the Copa America, which they were invited to participate in for the second time.

Japan qualified for the 2022 World Cup by coming second in Group B of the AFC qualification tournament.

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