Japan 0-17 Wales – Visitors grind out scrappy WXV win in Tokyo

Japan: Nishi; Tsunokawa, Langford, Kataoka, Nishimura; Tsukui (capt), Harada; Komaki, Nagaoka, Kitano, Kawamura, Sato, Asari, Korai, Bodman.

Replacements: Nagata, Yoshida, Fuji, Yoshimura, Jennifer, Seo, Ito, Havili Kagawa.

Sin bin: Asari (6 mins), Yoshida (76 mins)

Wales: Neumann; N Metcalfe, Cox, Bell, A Williams; Bevan, Lockwood; M Davies, K Jones, Tuipulotu, B Metcalfe, Aiono, K Williams (co-capt), Callender (co-capt), King.

Replacements: Reardon, Pyrs, E Jones, Crabb, G Evans, B Lewis, George, Keight.

Referee: Julianne Zussman (Canada).

Assistant referees: Sunny Lee (Hong Kong China) & Hibiki Ikeda (Japan).

TMO: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong China).