The mercury is forecast to hover around 30C in the Japanese capital, with the possibility of rain making a fast and accurate passing game even more unlikely.Both teams have made wholesale changes to their front rows, as France arrive in Tokyo fresh from a 42-26 demolition of Australia in Brisbane.Japan showed spirit in a 36-20 defeat to Ireland last week in Newcastle, Australia, and coach Eddie Jones said his team were "looking forward to having that challenge of stopping the French attack"."One of the things we've got to do is put pressure on the source, the lineout or the scrum, and then we've just got to keep pressure on the ball," he said."We can create mistakes, we can create opportunities to play the rugby we're really good at."Jones has shuffled his forward pack, bringing in debutant flanker Esei Haangana as well as a new front row of Sojiro Otsuka, Hayate Era and Keijiro Tamefusa.He believes his forwards are "well-equipped to handle" a French pack spearheaded by incoming trio Regis Montagne, Maxime Lamothe and Jefferson Poirot.Alexandre Roumat replaces the injured Oscar Jegou in the back row in the only other change to France's starting line-up.
Japan lost to Ireland in their previous Nations Championship outing in Newcastle, Australia © Saeed Khan / AFP
