TOKYO - The high-profile Pool A match between Japan and Scotland will be held as scheduled at Yokohama International Stadium (Nissan Stadium) on Sunday, Rugby World Cup organizers said after checking the stadium following the passage of Typhoon Hagibis.

Japan need a win (four points) or a draw (two points) in their final pool game to earn a place in the quarterfinals. Japan would also advance to the last eight with a loss if they score more bonus points than the Scots.

Organizers also said the Pool C match between the United States and Tonga at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka Prefecture, and the Pool D match between Wales and Uruguay in Kumamoto will go ahead as scheduled, but they have canceled a match between Namibia and Canada in Kamaishi, which was scheduled to take place later in the day, due to the powerful typhoon that made landfall in Japan on Saturday.

The New Zealand-Italy Pool B game, scheduled to be played in Toyota, central Japan, on Saturday, and the Pool C match between England and France in Yokohama, near Tokyo, the same day were canceled earlier in the week.

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All involved were desparate for the Japan-Scotland match to go ahead. The Brave Blossoms are targeting a place in the quarterfinals for the first time, while Scotland had threatened legal action if the game were canceled and declared a 0-0 draw as per tournament regulations, a result that would have eliminated them from the competition. 

Canada and Namibia were coming into their final Pool B match after suffering heavy defeats to New Zealand, South Africa and Italy.

While the match was canceled to ensure the safety of players, fans, volunteers and tournament officials, it came as a disappointment to locals, who had been looking forward to hosting World Cup matches as part of their reconstruction efforts from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

The stadium, the only newly built venue at this tournament, stands on the grounds of two schools that were swept away by the tsunami. The disaster claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in the city.

Kamaishi also staged a Sept. 25 game in which Uruguay defeated Fiji 30-27