Two-time champion Germany ended Japan's bid to reach the Under-20 Women's World Cup final for the first time with a 3-0 win in Tuesday's semifinal.
A goal in the opening minute from Melanie Leupolz got the Germans off to a flying start at National Stadium, and it was a blow from which the Young Nadeshiko would not recover as two more from Dzsenifer Marozsan and Lena Lotzen with less than 20 minutes on the clock put the Europeans safely on the road to Saturday's final.
Germany will play the United States in the title match after the Americans beat Nigeria 2-0 in the day's earlier semifinal, but Japan manager Hiroshi Yoshida was left to rue his side's nightmare start having gone on to create the better second-half chances in front of a home crowd of 28,306.