England came from behind to win for the second time in the last three internationals - having beaten Egypt 3-1 in a friendly at Wembley on March 3.
England used 25 of their 30-man squad in their two warm up matches - the only players who didn’t feature were Matthew Upson, Michael Dawson, Stephen Warnock, Gareth Barry and Scott Parker.
Four years ago, every player who featured in England’s two warm up matches for the 2006 World Cup Finals was named in the final 23-man squad.
Marcus Tulio Tanaka scored an own goal. Looking ahead to the World Cup Finals, only once before has a player scored at either end in the competition - Dutchman Ernie Brandts in the Netherlands 2-1 victory against Italy in June 1978.
Yuji Nakazawa scored the second own goal for England. This is the third own goal England have benefited from under Fabio Capello, and the first time they have had two in the same match.
Frank Lampard missed his second ever penalty for England. He had scored his previous four in a row since his only other miss - in England’s 3-1 friendly win against Hungary at Old Trafford exactly four years ago today, on May 30, 2006.
Lampard became the fifth player to miss more than one penalty for England - after David Beckham, Franny Lee, Roger Byrne and Edgar Needham.
Goalkeeper David James won his 50th cap for England - the fifth goalkeeper to reach this milestone for the country after Peter Shilton, David Seaman, Gordon Banks and Ray Clemence.
Marcus Tulio Tanaka scored his eighth international goal, and first since he netted in Japan’s 3-0 home win against Hong Kong on February 11.
Japanese goalscorer Tulio has a Japanese-Brazilian father and Italian-Brazilian mother. Brazil (5 wins) and Italy (4 wins) are the two most successful World Cup nations.
Japan lost their third consecutive match - their longest run of defeats in 12 years since they lost four in a row, including defeats during the 1998 World Cup Finals.
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