Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country

THE day after Japan had written a new chapter in their Rugby Union history by reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time, the uplift in the national mood following their enthralling victory over Scotland was palpable.
The sheer elan Japan showed in scoring four tries to win a place in the last eight at the expense of the Scots was a good news story to offset the regular updates on the trail of destruction left by the grim typhoon Hagibis 24 hours earlier.
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