Japan secured a berth at a seventh straight World Cup on Thursday after substitute Kaoru Mitoma struck a pair of late goals to deliver a 2-0 win over Australia in their penultimate Asian qualifying group match in Sydney.The result means Hajime Moriyasu's Samurai Blue squad will finish the final Asian qualifying phase no worse than second in Group B, ensuring direct qualification to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.The Socceroos, managed by Moriyasu's former Sanfrecce Hiroshima teammate Graham Arnold, will finish third and face the uncertainty of a qualification playoff in hopes of reaching the t…READ FULL ARTICLE