Japan were held by ten-men Greeece on Thursday night, leaving both sides unlikely to qualify for the next round of the World Cup.
It was the European side who started better as Pangiotis Kone came close with a long range effort, which Eiji Kawashima was more than equal to.
But that first chance for Greece, prompted Japan to start playing well and Keisuke Honda began to control the game, supplying Yuya Osako with a through ball which the midfielder could only send his resulting effort over the crossbar.
Honda would then test the Greek keeper himself, before Yuto Nagatomo would advance forward and try his luck.
Greece would then lose Konstantinos Katsouranis as he was sent off for a late challenge on Makoto Hasebe.
But the Asian side could not make advantage of their extra man and struggled to break down a resilient Greece.
Yasuhito Endo came close in the dying minutes, but saw his effort beaten away by Orestis Karnezis.
