Dave Rennie's side is chasing five consecutive wins for the first time since the 2015 World Cup leading into a battle with Japan at Oita Stadium on Saturday.

Scratch World Cup years from the equation, when wins can be notched up against second tier nations in the pool stages, and you have to go back to 2008 to see when the Wallabies last won five straight in one campaign.

"It is important to keep growing. The wins are going to be a product of us focusing on what we need to focus on to beat these guys," Wallabies captain Michael Hooper said.

"There's no joke, the Japanese are a solid team, have threats across the board, we need to be on our game. We're not going to get too far ahead of ourselves and start thinking about getting up north."

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Looming beyond the Japanese showdown is a trip to Europe for games against Scotland, Wales and England.

"We played four games at home, now we're out of our own backyard, we're going to go and play in some of the great stadiums around the world against some European teams," Hooper said.

"A lot of our younger players haven't had that experience before, so certainly, two years out from a World Cup up in that part of the world, it's a really good experience for our group.

"Back in front of, from what I'm hearing so far, some fully stacked out stadiums up north, and playing some different styles of rugby which we haven't been exposed to in quite a while.

"What these four games present is a chance, not only for us to build our game and see how we can grow and how we can develop, but also play some different styles of rugby, put ourselves up against that, and then play away from home which is so critical in Test footy."

The Wallabies notched up four wins in the Rugby Championship against South Africa and Argentina, but the Japanese pose a vastly different test.

Scrumhalf Nic White likens Japan's brand of football to the All Blacks, playing a high tempo style and keeping the ball in play.

"We're probably expecting this to be more like a Kiwi game. The All Blacks play at a ferocious speed and throw the ball around," White said.

"Then we got to the South Africans and the Pumas and they've played a bit more of a stop-start game, more confrontational with a bit less movement of the ball. Now we go back to the Japanese, expecting them to be a bit more like the Kiwis, moving the ball and playing at a serious speed.

"They'll try to use that as a weapon against us. That's the exciting part about rugby and being a global sport, you come up against these different sides, different cultures, different identities and different structures."

Hooper says defence will be the key for the Wallabies as they look to nullify Japan's mobile pack.

"When we play teams like that, we've got to be really solid around our defence," Hooper said.

"If we're good around our contact, if we're physical around how they're going to play with the ball in hand, we can slow the ball down, that will stop a lot of what they want to do. We've got to be good around our first contact to either get someone on the ball or slow it up significantly.

"A real challenge to nullify that speed and take them to places they're uncomfortable with."

WALLABIES' SPRING TOUR

Saturday: Japan v Wallabies at Oita Stadium, 3.45pm.

Wallabies squad: 1. James Slipper, 2. Folau Fainga'a, 3. Taniela Tupou, 4. Izack Rodda, 5. Matt Philip, 6. Rob Leota, 7. Michael Hooper (c), 8. Rob Valetini, 9. Nic White, 10. Quade Cooper, 11. Andrew Kellaway, 12. Hunter Paisami, 13. Len Ikitau, 14. Tom Wright, 15. Reece Hodge. Replacements: 16. Connal McInerney, 17. Angus Bell, 18. Allan Alaalatoa, 19. Darcy Swain, 20. Pete Samu, 21. Tate McDermott, 22. James O'Connor, 23. Jordan Petaia.

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