Japan has participated in the Worldvision Song Contest 8 times since making its debut in Q4-2022. The contest is broadcast in Japan by NHK, which also broadcasts Japanese national selection competition, Open Nippon.
Its best results were achieved by Natumi in Q1-2023, who finished in third place. During the entire period of participation, the country was included in the top-5 strongest finals 2 times.
The country was represented only twice by non-Japanese performers: Beverly, who was born in the Philippines but lives in Japan, and Canadian-Korean performer Jeon Somi. Also, together with a Japanese performer Lisa, the country was represented by the Korean boy group Stray Kids.
