Takumi Minamino and Junya Ito each scored an international goal for the second game running as Japan eased to a 3-0 win over Panama on Friday night.

Salzburg striker Minamino put Japan ahead three minutes before halftime with a skillfully taken strike inside the box before Kashiwa Reysol forward Ito poached the second during a goalmouth scramble in the 66th minute of the Kirin Challenge Cup friendly.

The third, which came in the 85th minute at Denka Big Swan Stadium, was chalked up as an own goal to Panama defender Harold Cummings after initially being credited to substitute forward Kengo Kawamata.