Japanese coach Eddie Jones insists all the pressure is on Australia as they look for a maiden win over the Wallabies on Saturday.
The former Wallabies coach will once again go up against his old side, out to turn the tide in the history of the two teams.
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Australia have won all seven encounters with the Brave Blossoms, with the 19-15 win last year the closest.
On that day, the Wallabies rested a host of stars, scraping home after some late Japanese fightback.
"There's a lot of pressure on Australia. They've got a very experienced team. It's a game that they'd be expected to win," Jones said.
"We want to make sure we're putting pressure on them right from the start.
"The team's prepared really well. I think we've probably had one of our best preparation periods. We feel like we're ready to go after Australia."
Jones is expecting a similar style out of the new Les Kiss-coached Wallabies, taking over from Joe Schmidt.
"I think Les and Joe have had a pretty close relationship going back to when Les was in Ireland, so they're thinking would be the same," he believes.
"There'll be little nuances they change, but I think it'll be a reasonably easy transition given also that Les coached the Reds and a number of the players that he selected have come from the Reds team, so I see that being a fairly seamless transition.
"We're more interested in ourselves than Australia. What we believe is we have a team that can beat Australia, and they have an experienced team...They were young players back in the 2023 World Cup. Now they've got 50 or 60 caps next to their name, so they're coming to their prime stage of their careers.
"We're going to have to be at our best, and we're prepared to be at our best, so we're really looking forward to getting the chance to make history."
The Japanese have made a host of changes from last month's defeat to France, with former Reds lock Harry Hockings to come off the bench, replaced by Jack Cornelsen in the second-row.
The son of former Wallaby Greg shifts from the back-row, with fellow Australian-bred talent Ben Gunter and Dylan Riley also named.
