XIAMEN: A ruthless Japan moved to the brink of qualifying for their eighth straight World Cup after beating old rivals China 3-1 away from home on Tuesday (Nov 19). Headers from Koki Ogawa and Ko Itakura put runaway group leaders Japan two goals up at half-time before Lin Liangming pulled one back for China early in the second half. Ogawa snuffed out China's hopes of a comeback with his second of the game six minutes later in front of a vociferous crowd of 45,000 in Xiamen. Japan were playing