Midfielder Yuki Abe believes Japan will need to "frustrate" Holland if they are to claim a second successive victory at the World Cup and stay firmly on course for a place in the last 16.
Takeshi Okada's side secured their first World Cup win on foreign soil on Monday as Keisuke Honda struck in a 1-0 victory over Cameroon.
Holland also won their opener with a 2-0 defeat of Denmark and a win for either side in Durban will put them in pole position to progress to the knock-out stage.
Japan have never gone further than the group stage outside their own country but Abe believes the Blue Samurai stand a good chance of victory on Saturday if they can successfully frustrate Holland.
"The Dutch themselves think their strength lies in attack so what we need to do is try to wind them up and frustrate them," said the Urawa Reds midfielder.
"(Wesley) Sneijder will be putting himself all over the place looking to get hold of the ball.
There are other good players on their team as well and it will be difficult to keep tabs on all of them so we will have to be on our guard."
