Tunisia became the first team in World Cup history to change coach after just one matchday, when it sacked Sabri Lamouchi after a 5-1 loss to Sweden.

Yet Renard, who coached Morocco at the 2018 World Cup and Saudi Arabia four years later, did not have the desired impact as Tunisia crashed out with another heavy defeat.

Tunisia's defence was rock-solid through qualifying, yet it has now shipped 14 goals across its last three matches.

In the 1,000th match in World Cup history, Japan got the ball rolling inside four minutes. Keito Nakamura brilliantly got to the byline and cut in a low centre from which Daichi Kamada tucked home, netting his nation's quickest goal in the tournament.

Aymen Dahmen, who replaced Abdelmouhib Chamakh in the Tunisia goal, made a fantastic stop to deny Takehiro Tomiyasu, but Japan had its second when Ueda brilliantly picked out the bottom-left corner from the edge of the box.

Ueda turned from scorer to provider with a deft flick on in the 69th minute – Junya Ito rushing through to slot beyond Dahmen.

The Feyenoord forward rounded off an emphatic victory late on with a fine, looping header from Kaishu Sano's cross.

Tunisia join Haiti and Turkiye in exiting the tournament after two matches, while Japan is second in Group F heading into its clash with Sweden.