Rugby World Cup: Japan beats Arabian Gulf

Japan made it two bonus-point wins from as many games in this year's HSBC Asian Five Nations - and 10 from 10 in the three-year history of the tournament - when they beat the Arabian Gulf 60-5 in Tokyo.

The victory puts John Kirwan's team a step nearer being Asia's automatic representative at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

But the Brave Blossoms had to work hard for the win.

"I couldn't ask much more from the boys," said Gulf captain Michael Cox-Hill. "We never gave up and proved that by scoring in the 76th minute. We can take a lot of credit for the way we played."

Kirwan admitted his side had made a lot of mistakes, many of which were unforced.

"It wasn't the performance we wanted," he said. "We wanted to start better than last week, which we didn't do. Our game plan was to play fast rugby and when we did we scored."