• Hosts now have three wins and 14 points in Pool A• Qualification to be settled against
Scotland in final gameKotaro Matsushima scored a bonus-point try deep into injury time as
Japan moved closer to their first
World Cup quarter-final at the City of Toyota Stadium. The hosts, who turned the tournament upside down when they beat
Ireland last Saturday, moved to the top of Pool A with 14 points as they secured their third pool victory for the second consecutive World Cup.
The defeat ended Samoa’s chances of their first place in the knockout stage since 1995, although the group is not likely to be decided until Japan play Scotland in Yokohama in the last game of the pool phase on 13 October.