Race results
Race startOctober 23, 1977 at 09:00Japan Standard Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:31:51.68 | 73 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1:02.450 | 73 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +1:06.390 | 73 | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow | +1:06.610 | 73 | 12 | 3 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Out of fuel) | 72 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | +1 Lap | 72 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | +1 Lap | 72 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | 71 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | 50 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 71 | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +2 Laps | 71 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | 52 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | +2 Laps | 71 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March | +4 Laps | 69 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | DNF (Gearbox) | 63 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | DNF (Engine) | 43 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 7 | John Watson | Brabham | DNF (Gearbox) | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 28 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | DNF (Engine) | 14 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | DNF (Accident) | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 11 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | DNF (Engine) | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | DNF (Collision) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 51 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | DNF (Collision) | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees | DNF (Collision) | 1 | 21 | 0 |