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Japan Routs Tunisia 4-0 at the World Cup—and the Rising-Sun Flag Row Reignites
In their second group-stage match at the World Cup, Japan beat Tunisia 4-0, with Ayase Ueda's two goals and one assist setting a national-team record of four goals in a single World Cup game. Japanese netizens reveled in the win, even treating sharp-tongued pundit Sergio Echigo's caution as a fond running joke. At the same time, Korean media's framing of a Rising Sun flag in the stands as 'shameless' drew a cool, dismissive backlash: 'Korea has nothing to do with the Tunisia match.'