Williams, McLaren and Honda all failed to make it into the top ten at the Fuji Speedway, while Force India couldn't even finish the race.
Red Bull, Williams, Honda and Force India were the only teams who failed to get through to the qualifying shoot-out in Japan.
Force India are reportedly in talks with McLaren-Mercedes about the Championship leaders providing them with engines and tech support for next season.
Neither BMW, Honda nor Force India managed to get a driver into the top ten in Friday's Japanese GP practice.
Force India's director of business affairs Ian Phillips has welcomed plans by F1 bosses to reduce costs in response to the global credit crunch.
With just three races remaining this season, Force India, like most teams, are now putting all their engineering efforts into their 2009 car.
Making no mistakes and getting to the end of the race are Force India's key priorities for this weekend's Japanese GP.
Honda, Ferrari and Force India were the only teams that walked away from the Singapore GP without a single point.
None of the Honda, Red Bull, Renault or Force India drivers made it through to the pole position shoot-out in Singapore.
Neither Red Bull, Toro Rosso nor Force India managed to break into the top ten during Friday's practice in Singapore.
Giancarlo Fisichella heads to Singapore in high spirits while Adrian Sutil expects the race will be a "real challenge".
Force India team owner Vijay Mallya admits 2009 will be a big year for the Silverstone-based squad.
Toyota, Williams, Honda and Force India all failed to bag points in Sunday's Italian GP.
Force India and Honda were the only two teams that failed to have at least one driver represent them in the top ten in qualifying.
Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber, Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Vettel all finished in the top ten in Friday's Italian practice.