Japan defeated Asian champions Australia 2-0 at home on Thursday night to qualify for next year's World Cup finals in Russia.Goals in each half from Takuma Asano and Yosuke Ideguchi earned the victory to secure Japan one of the two automatic berths from Group B. The Blue Samurai reached the finals for the sixth time in succession.Japan won the group with an unassailable four-point cushion over Saudi Arabia, who lost 2-1 away to United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, and Australia with one game remaining.Vahid Halilhodzic's side play the Saudis away in their final qualifier in Jeddah next Tuesday,…READ FULL ARTICLE