Richard Kahui made the most running metres for the All Blacks with a total of 151 metres, including 2 clean linebreaks.
Conrad Smith was top tackler for the All Blacks with a total of 12, while for Japan it was their hard working lock Hitoshi Ono who also made 12 tackles.
Sonny Bill Williams' linebreak to set up Ma'a Nonu's try saw him beat four defenders in his 50 metre run up-field that started on the All Blacks' 10 m line.
The All Blacks made 22 turnovers in the match, including 15 handling errors and 3 lineout losses on their own throw.
Japan made 19 turnovers that included 9 handling errors and 7 breakdown turnovers.
The All Blacks only missed 9 tackles in this game, while Japan missed 25.
The penalties were shared evenly with both sides conceding 11 each. Scrums were heavily penalised with the All Blacks conceding 3 and Japan 4 in this area of the game. The All Blacks were penalised 6 times at the breakdown, while Japan conceded 4 breakdown penalties.
Colin Slade kicked 9 conversions, missing with 4 plus also missing a penalty attempt, for a 64 percent success rate.
The good
The All Blacks conceded just two breakdown turnovers in this match, while Cory Jane, Ma'a Nonu and Adam Thomson all won tackle turnovers off Japan.
The All Blacks scored three tries in a 4 minute blitz just after 30 minutes into the game, and this week didn't lose focus or tempo as they went on to score seven tries in the second half.
Adam Thomson and Ali Williams both stole ball off Japan's lineout in the second half.
The bad
The All Blacks managed to throw intercepted passes 4 times during the game, the worst one coming from Colin Slade as his attempted offload was snatched by Hirotoki Onozawa for Japan's only try of the game.
Tony Woodcock was penalised three times at the scrum for binding and hit/push indiscretions.
Under very little pressure the All Blacks'lineout still had occasional jitters with Keven Mealamu's first throw of the game being too short, and Andrew Hore over-throwing the ball in the second half. Japan's openside flanker Michael Leitch stole a throw off Adam Thomson in the second half of the match.
For the record
Japan's sole try of the game came from an intercepted pass by their left winger Hirotoki Onozawa, playing in his 10th World Cup match. It was his 3rd World Cup try, and his 43rd in test rugby. He also becomes the fifteenth player to have scored a try in three different World Cups.
Onozawa and Murray Williams became only the third and fourth Japanese players to score points against the All Blacks (Williams had just the one kick at goal and was successful in converting Onozawa's try).
Sonny Bill Williams scored his first try for the All Blacks, playing in his 9th test match.
Japan have now conceded 1,105 points in RWC matches, more than any other team in the history of the tournament.
