DALLAS, June 30 : Despite coach Hajime Moriyasu's pre-tournament declarations that his team should challenge for the title, Japan will travel home from the World Cup having been knocked out in a fashion that has become all too familiar. The 2-1 loss to Brazil in Houston on Monday carried echoes of Japan's elimination at each of the previous two tournaments as the country's wait for a victory in the pressurised environment of the knockout rounds goes on. On five occasions Japan have progressed