• A soccer fan wearing a mask of Japan’s Yuto Nagatomo holds his head in his hands next to a mock World Cup trophy in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward after the Samurai Blue were defeated 4-1 in their World Cup match against Colombia on Tuesday.  | REUTERS
    A soccer fan wearing a mask of Japan’s Yuto Nagatomo holds his head in his hands next to a mock World Cup trophy in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward after the Samurai Blue were defeated 4-1 in their World Cup match against Colombia on Tuesday.  | REUTERS
  • Japan's Keisuke Honda reacts at the end of Tuesday's Group C match against Colombia at the Pantanal arena in Cuiaba. | REUTERS
    Japan's Keisuke Honda reacts at the end of Tuesday's Group C match against Colombia at the Pantanal arena in Cuiaba. | REUTERS
  • Colombia's Jackson Martinez scores his second goal against Japan during Tuesday's Group C match at the Pantanal arena in Cuiaba. | REUTERS
    Colombia's Jackson Martinez scores his second goal against Japan during Tuesday's Group C match at the Pantanal arena in Cuiaba. | REUTERS
  • Japan's Shinji Okazaki scores an injury-time equalizer during Tuesday's Group C match against Colombia in Cuiaba. | KYODO
    Japan's Shinji Okazaki scores an injury-time equalizer during Tuesday's Group C match against Colombia in Cuiaba. | KYODO
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CUIABA, BRAZIL – A second-half attacking master class from Jackson Martinez and substitute James Rodriguez obliterated Japan’s wafer-thin hopes of progressing to the last 16 of the World Cup as Colombia eliminated the Asian champions with a 4-1 win in their final Group C match on Tuesday.

Juan Cuadrado put the already qualified South Americans ahead from the penalty spot before Shinji Okazaki kept Japan in contention by heading an equalizer on the stroke of halftime.

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