| England (24) 52 |
| Tries: Steward, Smith 2, Porter 2, Genge, penalty Cons: Farrell 6 Pen: Farrell |
| Japan (6) 13 |
| Tries: Saito Con: Lee Pen: Yamasawa 2 |
In their autumn campaign, England ran in seven tries to overwhelm Japan.
Freddie Steward ran through on 12 minutes before setting up Marcus Smith for the second try.
Ellis Genge bulldozed through afterGuy Porter went over in the last play of the first half.
Porter's second try came from Owen Farrell's kick, before a penalty try and Smith's try.
The Brave Blossoms didn't push England as hard as they did New Zealand and France this year.
England will face New Zealand and South Africa in the autumn.
On a day when Italy upset Australia, they put the result beyond doubt.
After losing to Argentina last weekend, England promised to be better prepared.
Smith threw a mis-pass over the top for May to break the line in the first minute.
Their sharper focus and keener cutting edge came good in the 12th minute as Smith and Farrell outflanked Japan's rush defence and fedSteward on a clever, carving line.
The man galloped in with May cheering him on.
Domination up front was matched by backline ambition. Genge gave his opponent a hard time at the scrum, while England's heavy mob were making yards in the loose.
The first try was scored by Steward. The full-back ended some aerial ping-pong with a weaving run through a chase and an assist to teammate Jack van Poortvliet.
Smith was able to get into the corner after Cokanasiga took it off the floor.
After 25 minutes, England appeared to be coasting after Farrell's conversion made it 17 points.
Had Japan found the corner with a penalty at the half, they would have had a prominent piece of field position.
With the last play of the first half, Van Poortvliet spun the ball wide for Simmonds to step inside Dylan Riley and feed Porter for a third try.
Genge took a wide, flat pass from Van Poortvliet and scored from close range.
England took the signal to let go.
The hosts showed all the ruthlessness they lacked a week ago after Itoje counter-rucked to give England possession.
The second rows kept the ball alive with one-handed overhead offloads, before Farrell's cute grubber fell for Porter.
A penalty try for Siosaia Fifita's entry into the side of a tryline-bound driven maul gave England another seven points and a man advantage.
Smith exposed the undermanned defence with a crossfield kick to Steward before finishing off the move.
In the 1987 Rugby World Cup, England and Japan played each other in the pool stages, with England winning 60-7.
A number of late opportunities went begging as Slade put too much on a grubber kick.
Eddie Jones said that they played more like themselves. It was my fault that we were too long term last week. We played some really good rugby after leaving 20 points on the table.
We need to play to our strengths. We need to adopt a new style of play in order to get people to recognize us. We looked similar to England. We were wearing white shirts, which could have made a difference.
Jamie Joseph is the coach of the Japan team. It's difficult to get going against a very good defence.
It's time to leave your hat in England. It was a great game for us. We want the World Cup.
England: Nowell, Porter, Farrell, May, Smith, Van Poortvliet, Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Ribbans, Hill and Itoje.
Replacements: Heyes, Youngs, Tuilagi, George, and Heyes.
Yamanaka, Matsushima, Riley, Nakamura, Van den Heever, Yamasawa, Nagare are all from Japan.
Norikoshi, Kizu, Van der Walt, Labuschagne, Saito, Lee are replacements.
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