1695 1 March 04, 2006^12:01pm Reedster^1 Japan clinches round 2 spot in the WBC with a rout of Chinese Taipei mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060304&content_id=1333503&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb World Baseball Classic mlb.com 1453 2400 0 Japan has played two games, and both have been ended early by the WBC "mercy" rule.