Live Match Commentary
Up-to-the-Second Score: Tunisia 0, Japan 2 -- FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
90'+2 - Final whistle blows as Japan players and home fans celebrate Group H triumph. Turkey awaits in the second round. Meanwhile, Belgium holds on to win 3-2 and take second place.
90'+1 - Ben Achour shoots from well beyond 18 yards and just misses top left corner.
90' - Japan attempts 60-yard shot to no avail after heading away Tunisia cross.
88' - In the other Group H match, Russia has pulled a goal back against Belgium to make it 3-2. Russia needs only a draw to advance.
86' - Baya freekick from top left corner of penalty area curls just past the top right corner of the goal.
85' - Ono volleys wide of the right post from 18 yards.
85' - Japan sub: Ogasawara on for H. Nakata.
84' - Suzuki shoots wide left. Meanwhile, Belgium has taken a 3-1 lead on Russia to take hold of second place.
83' - Zitouni hits crossbar with deflected shot from 14 yards.
82' - Badra cautioned for tackling Zuzuki from behind.
79' - Zitouni bicycle kick goes wide of right post after scramble in the Japan penalty area.
78' - Tunisia sub: Zitouni on for Bouzaiene.
75' - JAPAN GOAL. H. Nakata heads low from six yards off Ichikawa cross from right; ball goes off the foot of Boumnijel and between his legs to give Japan a 2-0 lead.
74' - Japan is comfortably controlling play, with five shots on goal to Tunisia's zero.
70' - Ono heads away Tunisia cross from left at far post.
69' - Tunisia corner kick headed away.
67' - Belgium and Russia are currently tied; if two scores stand, Japan wins the group and plays Turkey in the second round, while the second place Russians would face Brazil.
67' - H. Nakata freekick sails over the goal.
65' - Boumnijel dives left to save low Ono header, which came after H. Nakata freekick from right was headed back into the area from the edge of the penalty area on the left.
63' - Bouazizi heads ball over endline at far post for corner kick after Japan cross from left side.
61' - Tunisia sub: Mhadhebi on for Clayton.
61' - Ichikawa shoots meekly left of goal from 18 yards after dribbling unchallenged.
60' - Narazaki dives down to snare Tunisia cross five yards from goal.
51' - Ichikawa crosses from right touchline to Morishima, flashing across penalty area to near post, and his header bounces off the left post to Boumnijel.
48' - GOAL JAPAN. Substitute Morishima shoots into left side of goal from 12 yards, after Tunisia player slide tackles ball across own penalty area from right side.
46' - Tunisia sub: Baya on for Melki.
46' - Japan subs: Morishima and Ichikawa on for Inamoto and Yanagisawa.
46' - Second half under way.
Second Half
45'+1 - Halftime whistle blows.
45'+1 - Trabelsi goes down in the box under challenge from Toda, but there is no call.
45' - Tunisia corner kick deflected out; second kick from left is headed down to far post out of the reach of Jaidi.
41' - Trabelsi fouls Suzuki from behind near midfield.
41' - Two players tumble in box away from Tunisia cross but nothing comes of it.
40' - Suzuki cross deflected out for corner kick; Ono's kick is flicked on but then cleared.
39' - Jaziri picks up loose ball and fires 20-yard shot past the right post; it's deflected but he doesn't get a corner kick.
37' - Boumnijel punches inswinging corner kick off his line, and K. Nakata shot off clearance sails far over the bar.
36' - Narazaki misplays another cross from right, but there's no one there to take advantage.
35' - Tunisia gets off cross from right side, but there isn't a single Tunisian player in the penalty area.
34' - Boumnijel dives low to his left to save 20-yard, left-footed shot from Yanagisawa.
30' - Boumnijel comes off line to catch short Japan cross from left side.
28' - H. Nakata freekick deflected out for corner, and kick is deflected through the penalty area and out for throw-in.
25' - Narazaki comes off line to snag Tunisia corner kick.
23' - Tunisia clears after third consecutive Japan corner kick -- the first two short and the third long and over the box.
21' - Bouazizi cautioned for taking down Yanagisawa from behind on counterattack.
21' - Japan heads away cross on Tunisia's first attack of note.
13' - Clayton clatters into the back of Suzuki 30 yards from goal; freekick deflects off wall and a teammate before clearance.
6' - Ziad Jaziri called offside.
5' - Radhi Jaidi fouls Suzuki from behind on a late challenge beyond top left corner of penalty area, but Japanese are offside on the freekick.
1' - Match under way.
Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT. Japan heads into Friday's game leading Group H with four points. It's the first afternoon game Japan has played and temperatures were 32 degrees C (89.6 degrees F) at the start of the game at Nagai Stadium. A victory would send the co-hosts to the next round of the tournament and give them a more favorable draw in the round of 16 as the top team in their group. Tunisia has one point and still has a chance to advance.