Japan rugby coach John Kirwan says the late changes to the All Black side for Friday night's Rugby World Cup clash in Hamilton make very little difference to his side.
Kirwan says the home side is strong right throughout their squad.
Instead, Kirwan wants his team to believe in themselves, to be accurate and not make mistakes.
The match will begin with a minute's silence to remember disasters in both countries this year - the Christchurch earthquake in February followed by the quake and tsunami in Japan in March.
New Zealand previously beat Japan 145-17 at the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
Teams
All Blacks: Isaia Toeava, Cory Jane, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, Richard Kahui, Colin Slade, Andy Ellis, Victor Vito, Adam Thomson, Jerome Kaino, Sam Whitelock, Brad Thorn, Owen Franks, Kevin Mealamu (captain), Tony Woodcock. Reserves: Andrew Hore, John Afoa, Ali Williams, Anthony Boric, Jimmy Cowan, Piri Weepu, Sonny Bill Williams.
Japan: Taihei Ueda, Takehisa Usuzuki, Koji Taira, Yuta Imamura, Hirotoki Onozawa, Murray Williams, Atsushi Hiwasa, Takashi Kikutani (captain), Michael Leitch, Itaru Taniguchi, Toshizumi Kitagawa, Hitoshi Ono, Nozomu Fujita, Yusuke Aoki, Naoki Kawamata. Reserves: Hiroki Yuhara, Kensuke Hatakeyama, Yuji Kitagawa, Sione Talikavili Vatuvei, Tomoki Yoshida, Shaun Webb, Alisi Tupuailai.
