Ian Smith and Tony Stanger held the record for most tries by a Scotland player.
Scotland has 19
Tries: Van der Merwe, Hogg, Graham, and McInally.
Japan has 20.
Try: Matsuda 5.
Scotland earned a third Autumn Nations Series win in four by edging past Japan at Murrayfield.
Ian Smith's record of 25 tries was set in the 1930s, but in his 88th Test, Hogg broke the record by scoring his 25th try.
Stuart McInally's try proved enough for Scotland, despite Japan's try and the boot of Rikiya Matsuda.
The win over South Africa was followed by an unconvincing win over their troublesome visitors.
Reaction as it happened.
Even though the World Cup memories from Yokohama are still vivid for both sides, Scotland fans will suffer some kind of anxiety attack whenever Japan are the opposition.
The Scots have advanced, the Japanese have deteriorated, and life here was uncomfortable for them.
Scotland put on a show that was littered with errors and things that will bring on a quiet in Townsend.
Big players step up.
Scotland was only accurate in patches. They had a penalty in front of the posts, but went for touch. Van der Merwe scored his ninth try in 13 Tests.
This was a struggle at times. Scotland's discipline was poor and the line-out was not very good, as they conceded 15 penalties against the Boks last week and another six in the first 25 minutes here. They coughed up a couple of throws.
Matsuda put some deserved points on the board for Japan and added another three after Scotland were done at the breakdown.
Their 5-5 lead was justified. When Scotland desperately needed someone to put a fire under them, it was Hogg who did it for the first time.
Scotland was put on the front foot by his break. The hosts capitalised on Japan's scramble.
They needed a few recycles to find the space, but when they did, Russell fed Hogg to break the record. A 25th try for his country, what a haul. Russell's conversion was good.
Scotland's third score came before the break. The home side had a scrum after Russell fumbled his kick. The fly-half ran screaming left to right.
Graham cut in off his wing to beat the Japanese defence. He has tried 10 times in 22 Tests. The conversion made it 19-6 at the break.
The early score by Duhan van der Merwe gave Scotland a good start.
Scotland will see it out, but they need to work on it.
Scotland was only impressive for a short time. They had taken their tries well but had been average at best and their troubles returned early in the second half when their inability to stay on the right side of the referee cost them points and a man in the bin.
Matsuda put over the penalty that came with Jamie Bhatti walking for another breakdown. As Scotland lost their way again, he put over another. A comfortable lead had turned into a deficit.
Scotland scored again after they were restored to 15. McInally got on the end of a line-out maul.
Scotland's vulnerability was exposed again when, off a line3-out, Tatafu blasted through to narrow the gap to nine.
Matsuda messed up the extras, but the try gave Japan hope. Matsuda was given a chance to make up for the Scotland penalty, which he did.
It was six points with eight minutes to go, but Scotland got it done.
They put it beyond Japan's reach with a late Russell penalty. If they want to get into the shake-up in the Six Nations, they have to do a lot of work.
The Tests were just a warm-up. The big show is about to start.
I'm still living the dream.
There is no better feeling than playing for Scotland. I'm living the dream since I was a young child. Being a part of this group is special.
The contact area gave us a lot of quick ball and I'm really pleased with that. The scrum and maul were in charge.
It's huge to have 12 new caps. It gives them a taste of what it's like to play for your country and they go back to their clubs knowing that they need to give something extra to prove they should be in the squad.
The match had match statistics.
Scotland: Hogg, Graham, Harris, Johnson, Van der Merwe, Russell, Price.
McInally, Schoeman, Sebastian, Skinner, Richardson, M Fagerson, and Kinghorn were replacements.
Japan has Yamanaka, Matsushima, Nakono, Nakamura, Fifita, Matsuda, Nagare and others.
Replacements: HorikoShi, Inagaki, Kakinaga, Gunter, Saito, Tamura, and Reily.
Brendan Pickerill is from New Zealand.
