Japan's main objective in the 2009 World Baseball Classic is to repeat as WBC champions.

Two wins shy of their goal, the Japanese are ready to do whatever it takes to make their dream a reality.

"We're just going to play," pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma said during the team's practice at the MLB Urban Youth Academy on Saturday in Compton. "We only have two games left, so we'd like to do our best."