Race results
Race startNovember 1, 1987 at 09:00Japan Standard Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Fastest Lap | PIT | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:32:58.072 | 51 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | +17.384 | 51 | - | - | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | +17.694 | 51 | - | - | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | +1:20.441 | 51 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | +1:25.576 | 51 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +1:36.479 | 51 | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | +1 Lap | 50 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 50 | - | - | 19 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | DNF (Out of fuel) | 50 | - | - | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | +1 Lap | 50 | - | - | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | +2 Laps | 49 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 49 | - | - | 25 | 0 |
| 13 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | +3 Laps | 48 | - | - | 24 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | +4 Laps | 47 | - | - | 22 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | DNF (Engine) | 46 | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| - | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | DNF (Out of fuel) | 44 | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| - | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella | DNF (Out of fuel) | 43 | - | - | 23 | 0 |
| - | 14 | Roberto Moreno | AGS | DNF (Electrical) | 38 | - | - | 26 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | DNF (Engine) | 35 | - | - | 14 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | DNF (Engine) | 32 | - | - | 15 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 26 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| - | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | DNF (Engine) | 16 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | DNF (Engine) | 13 | - | - | 16 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | DNF (Accident) | 13 | - | - | 20 | 0 |
| - | 23 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | DNF (Engine) | 2 | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | DNF (Accident) | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 |
| - | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | DNS (Accident) | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |