Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool A - Japan v Scotland - International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan - October 13, 2019 Japan's Kenki Fukuoka and team mates celebrate at the end of the match REUTERS/Matthew Childs
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan captain Michael Leitch dedicated the team's 28-21 victory over Scotland at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday to those affected by the super typhoon which nearly forced the cancellation of the match.
The victory for the Brave Blossoms sent them through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, the first Asian country to achieve the feat and the first tier-two nation to reach the knockout stage since 2007.
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