Overview
- Takumi Minamino and Ritsu Doan scored on either side of halftime at Toyota Stadium to secure the win.
- Debuts for Tomoya Ando, Sota Kitano and Keisuke Goto came late as Japan continued assessing options.
- Parma say Zion Suzuki will miss three to four months with hand fractures, so Hayakawa took the gloves for Japan.
- Ghana midfielder Abu Francis was carried off on a stretcher with an apparent ankle injury early in the second half.
- Japan host Bolivia in Tokyo on Tuesday, while Ghana travel to face South Korea in Seoul as preparations continue.