Season 3: Japan

Survivor: Japan is the third season of the first round to determine the Ultimate Survivor Champion. The last nine castaways move on to the next round of competition.

Unlike the previous two seasons, this season consisted of eighteen castaways divided into two tribes of nine determined by gender. At the final 13, the tribes were switched up and remained in these configurations until the merge at the final 10. The final three contestants faced the jury of the previously voted out seven to determine the winner. Reynold Toepfer won the season against Yau-Man Chan and Michael Skupin. Aaron Reisberger, Candace Smith, Jennifer Lyon, Marisa Calihan, Michael Skupin, Reynold Toepfer, Tammy Leitner, Teresa Cooper, and Yau-Man Chan were the nine castaways moving on to the next round.

This seasons was preceded by Survivor: Patagonia and followed by Survivor: Tuvalu.