Marcus Tulio Tanaka celebrated his international return with a goal and substitute Koji Yamase opened his national team account as Japan beat Cameroon 2-0 on Wednesday in its first match since last month's Asian Cup flop.

News photoJapan forward Tatsuya Tanaka battles Cameroon defender Rigobert Song for the ball during the first half

of their international friendly match on Wednesday at Kyushu Oil Dome in Oita. Japan won 2-0.