The Japan national football team will face Tunisia in the second match of Group F at the FIFA World Cup 2026 on June 21, 2026. The match will be held at Estadio Monterrey and will kick off at 13:00 Japan time. The match will be broadcast live on NHK BS and DAZN. Japan is looking to secure three points to advance to the group stage. This will be the sixth match between Japan and Tunisia, with Japan winning five and losing one. The two teams have met once before in the World Cup, at the 2002 Korea-Japan tournament, where Japan won 2-0 with goals from Hiroaki Morishima and Hidetoshi Nakata. Japan's coach, Hajime Moriyasu, has added Shuto Machino to the team due to an injury to Hiroki Sakai. Tunisia's coach, Herve Renard, is expected to start Hannibal Mejbri and Ismael Gharbi. The match will be played at Estadio Monterrey in front of approximately 40,000 spectators. Japan is looking to win to advance to the group stage, while Tunisia is a strong team that has won the African qualifying tournament.