We're into three minutes of added time to close out this hotly-contested game.
89'
Alisson takes an age to clear his lines, and is almost dispossessed by Maeda as the Japan substitute races in front of him to deflect his pass wide!
88'
Mitoma picks up the ball in space and drives into the box, but is ushered out of play by Militao and can't force a corner.
86'
Endo is clipped late by Fabinho as he races towards the box, and Japan have a late chance of an equaliser from this free-kick.
85'
Bruno Guimarães enters the game and replaces Lucas Paquetá.
Fabinho enters the game and replaces Casemiro.
Casemiro also comes off for the Selecao, and is replaced at the base of midfield by Fabinho.
Brazil make further midfield alterations, with Paqueta coming off for Bruno Guimaraes.
83'
Mitoma looks to find Kamada with a cross into the box, but the ball strikes the abdomen of Militao and goes behind for a corner.
81'
G. Shibasaki enters the game and replaces A. Tanaka.
M. Yamane enters the game and replaces Y. Nagatomo.
Nagatomo's 135th Japan cap comes to an end, as he's replaced by Miki Yamane.
Tanaka is the next Japan player to come off, as Gaku Shibasaki replaces him out wide.
80'
Neymar gets yellow.
Neymar and Nakayama have a coming together on the near touchline, and as the initial perpetrator, the Brazil goalscorer is booked.
79'
Neymar swings a Brazil corner into the box, but Militao can't get a good head to the ball and Nagatomo deals with the danger.
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77'
Penalty goal scored by Neymar for Brazil!
GOOOAAALLL!!! Brazil hit the front!!! Neymar's run-up is long and stuttering, but he finally reaches the ball and slots it into the back of the net, sending Gonda the wrong way and the Selecao lead 1-0!!
73'
K. Mitoma enters the game and replaces J. Ito.
R. Doan enters the game and replaces T. Minamino.
Minamino's run the show for Japan so far, but comes off now for Ritsu Doan.
Ito also comes off for the hosts, and is replaced on the wing by Kaoru Mitoma.
72'
Minamino latches onto a loose pass from Silva and races forward. Support arrives, and Nakayama crosses over the top to Ito, but his wild volley flies over the bar and behind.
71'
Richarlison enters the game and replaces Fred.
Fred is also withdrawn by Tite, who brings on further attacking reinforcements in Richarlison.
70'
Thiago Silva enters the game and replaces Dani Alves.
Brazil captain Alves comes off in the Canarinho's next change, and a fellow experienced old head comes on for him in the shape of Thiago Silva.
Jesus cuts inside and races into the box, but goes down under pressure from Yoshida to no avail!
68'
Casemiro picks out Neymar with a beauty of a volleyed pass, but the forward slips trying to keep the ball in play and Nagatomo comes away with it.
67'
D. Maeda enters the game and replaces K. Furuhashi.
Furuhashi is the next Japan player to come off, and he's replaced by his Celtic team-mate Daizen Maeda.
64'
Minamino attempts to find Furuhashi on the run with a long ball, but Alisson races out of goal and skilfully keeps possession before passing long to Neymar.
63'
Gabriel Jesus enters the game and replaces Raphinha.
Gabriel Martinelli enters the game and replaces Vinícius Júnior.
Vinicius comes off in Brazil's first change, and is replaced by Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli.
Raphinha also comes off after going close on several occasions, and Gabriel Jesus will replace him down the right.
62'
Ito looks to find Minamino in the box, but his near-post cross is easily collected by Alisson.
60'
Fred wins the ball from Kamada in midfield and finds Neymar on the run with a peach of a throughball. Neymar races into the box and looks to shoot, but his eventual pass to Paqueta is a poor one and the hosts recover possession.
54'
D. Kamada gets yellow.
Neymar is caught very late by Kamada, who is rightfully booked for that unnecessary challenge.
51'
Alves' defensive header from a long ball lands at the feet of Furuhashi, who smashes a half-volley from 25 yards that is sent wide by a Marquinhos block!
49'
Good play from Brazil as Neymar finds Fred in space in the box. He looks to pick out Paqueta, but passes behind his team-mate and Japan recover possession.
47'
Nakayama stretches to keep the ball in play, but Raphinha picks it up and races towards the box. Kamada comes back on defence and bundles over the Brazil winger, and the Selecao have an early free-kick.
46'
D. Kamada enters the game and replaces G. Haraguchi.
Japan make a half-time change, bringing off Haraguchi for Frankfurt forward Daichi Kamada.
Brazil kick off, and we're up and running in the second half!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: JAPAN 0-0 BRAZIL.
45'
We're into a minute of added time at the end of this first half.
41'
Casemiro takes a run-up to a free-kick reminiscent of Roberto Carlos, but can only drag his low drive wide of the post from 40 yards.
40'
W. Endo gets yellow.
Endo is caught in possession and Brazil race forward. Vinicius dribbles towards the box, but is cut down from behind by Endo, and the Japan midfielder is booked.
38'
Arana takes on Nagatomo down the left and beats him. He crosses for Raphinha at the far post, but he can't connect properly with his header and the chance goes begging!
35'
Raphinha gets yellow.
Raphinha is shown a yellow card by the referee, likely for dissent following a handball decision not going Brazil's way.
34'
Neymar and Raphinha stand over the free-kick, with the former stepping up and striking the wall with his curling effort!
33'
Neymar drives at the Japan defence and is caught late by a sliding Itakura right on the edge of the box, giving Brazil a glorious chance from this free-kick.
31'
Vinicius' scooped pass to Paqueta is headed back across goal to Raphinha, but Japan crowd the Brazil winger out and clear the danger!
25'
Fred dispossesses Minamino and spreads the ball wide to Neymar on the counter, but he's felled by Itakura as he cuts inside looking for options.
24'
Vinicius skilfully beats Tanaka and looks to play in Neymar, but his pass is overhit and Gonda collects the ball.
21'
Haraguchi's cross floats all the way over to Tanaka, whose dribble gets a touch off Alves for a Japanese corner.
17'
Raphinha plays a good ball through to Neymar, who has a sight of goal but is crowded out and dispossessed by Itakura.
15'
Raphinha looks to play in Vinicius, but it's an overhit pass that Gonda can easily collect.
13'
Ito takes on Arana down the right, but having won a corner with his last attempted cross, can only find Marquinhos on his second attempt.
9'
Minamino cuts inside and glides past Fred's challenge, before being brought down by Alves for a free-kick.
Itakura rises high at the back post and looks to glance a header into the far corner, but can't direct his effort on target and the ball goes behind.
8'
Militao looks to find his Real Madrid team-mate Vinicius with a long ball forward, but it's too close to Gonda, who gathers.
6'
Alves races out of defence and Brazil have a chance to counter, but Paqueta's wide ball to Raphinha is poorly timed and goes out for a throw.
4'
Neymar looks to turn away from Itakura on halfway, but is dragged down by the Japan right-back, who is penalised.
1'
Japan kick off, and we're underway in Tokyo!
Having beaten Paraguay 4-1 in their first match of this friendly tournament, Japan will be hoping to pull off another South American scalp against the Selecao.
Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this international fixture, as Japan host Brazil in the 2022 Kirin Cup.
Brazil haven’t lost a game since the 2021 Copa America final, and are currently on a five-game winning streak, the most recent of which was a 5-1 thrashing of Japan’s close neighbours, South Korea.
JAPAN SUBS: Eiji Kawashima, Daniel Schmidt, Miki Yamane, Shogo Taniguchi, Gaku Shibasaki, Daichi Kamada, Takefusa Kubo, Kaoru Mitoma, Ritsu Doan, Daizen Maeda, Ayase Ueda, Kiroki Ito.
JAPAN (4-3-3): Shuichi Gonda; Ko Itakura, Yuta Nakayama, Maya Yoshida, Yuto Nagatomo; Takumi Minamino, Wataru Endo, Genki Haraguchi; Junya Ito, Kyogo Furuhashi, Ao Tanaka.
BRAZIL (4-3-3): Alisson; Dani Alves, Eder Militao, Marquinhos, Guilherme Arana; Fred, Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta; Raphinha, Neymar, Vinicius Junior.
After an extraordinary lights show in the lead-up to kick-off, the teams head out onto the pitch, ready and raring to go!
BRAZIL SUBS: Weverton, Danilo, Thiago Silva, Richarlison, Philippe Coutinho, Fabinho, Bruno Guimaraes, Gabriel Jesus, Alex Telles, Matheus Cunha, Gabriel Martinelli.
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
That loss brings Japan's eight-match unbeaten run to an end, but with both Germany and Spain in their World Cup group, the Samurai Blues have shown just how well they can do against top-tier opposition. Brazil record their fifth successive win, and, sitting at the top of the FIFA World Rankings, showed just how hard they'll be to beat in Qatar later this year.
The teams are back out for the second half, and can Brazil capitalise on their chances in the next 45 minutes?
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