Details of Japan's warm-up matches ahead of their 2006 World Cup campaign in Germany.
28 February 2006
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-2 Japan
Dortmund, Germany
Naohiro Takahara gave Japan the lead on the break of half-time, but Zico's side needed a late equaliser from Hidetoshi Nakata. 30 March 2006
Japan 1-0 Ecuador
Oita, Japan
Substitute striker Hisato Sato struck six minutes from time to see off an stubborn Ecuador side. 9 May 2006
Japan 1-2 Bulgaria
Osaka, Japan Seiichiro Maki scored in a team missing many big-name stars which went down to a last-minute Bulgaria winner. 13 May 2006
Japan 0-0 Scotland
Saitama, Japan The hosts dominated but could not break the deadlock. Akira Kaji went closest when his vicious drive hit the woodwork. 30 May 2006
Germany 2-2 Japan
Leverkusen, Germany Germany needed two late headers from Miroslav Klose and Bastian Schweinsteiger to salvage a draw after Atsushi Yanagisawa and Naohiro Takahara put the visitors 2-0 ahead. 4 June 2006
Japan 1-0 Malta
Dusseldorf, Germany
A second-minute goal from Keiji Tamada gave a below-strength Japan side victory in Dusseldorf in their final World Cup warm-up game.
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