Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.

Alpine skiing

;Men
;Men's slalom
;Women

Biathlon

;Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Hajime Yoshimura	1'23:05.5	9	1'32:05.5	43
20 km	Shozo Okuyama	1'21:51.0	7	1'28:51.0	34
20 km	Isao Ono	1'20:47.8	8	1'28:47.8	33
20 km	Miki Shibuya	1'21:37.1	6	1'27:37.1	28

;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Figure skating

;Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yutaka Higuchi	23	26	1529.6	218	25
Tsuguhiko Kozuka	24	19	1584.0	189	21

;Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Haruko Ishida	18	25	1552.7	218	26
Kazumi Yamashita	15	14	1639.0	139	14
Kumiko Okawa	8	5	1763.6	61	8

Ice hockey

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Japan entered in this round, from the start they did not play for a medal.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9		5	5	0	0	33	9	10
10		5	4	1	0	27	12	8
11		5	3	2	0	15	15	6
12		5	2	3	0	22	23	4
13		5	1	4	0	12	27	2
14		5	0	5	0	9	32	0

Yugoslavia – Japan 5:1

Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.
Japan – Norway 4:0

Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.
Japan – Romania 5:4

Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.
Japan – Austria 11:1

Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.
France – Japan 2:6

Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants

10. JAPAN

Goaltenders: Kazudži Morišima, Tošimitsu Ótsubo

Defence: Isao Asai, Mičihiro Sató, Hisaši Kasai, Toru Itabaši, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kendži Toriyanbe.

Forwards: Mamoru Takašima, Kimihisa Kudó, Kodži Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okadžima, Minoru Itó, Takeši Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.

Nordic combined

Events:

Speed skating

;Men
;Women