Japan&aposs Hideto Tanihara edged out overnight co-leader Azuma Yano to win the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open by one stroke on Sunday. Tanihara carded a four-under-par 66 to move onto 16-under-par at Ibaraki Country Club, holding off close friend Yano, who shot a 67 in the co-sanctioned Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour event. China&aposs Liang Wen-chong (65) finished third alongside Kenichi Kuboya (66) a further shot off the pace, with New Zealand&aposs Mark Brown (67), who eagled his final hole, and Kaname Yokoo (69) tied for fifth at 12-under. Brendan Jones fired a final round of 66 to finish as the leading Australian at seven-under and in a tie for 12th, but the day belonged to Tanihara. “I hit some great shots,” said 29-year-old Tanihara, who captured his second title of the year and career eighth win. “I missed some birdie chances early on and thought that luck wasn&apost with me. After making birdies on the fifth and sixth holes, it became a lot better.” Tanihara was in total control of the final round, moving to three under through 10 holes to lead by two shots. But on 15, he was forced to make a crucial par save from the greenside bunker to preserve his advantage, which was later reduced to one when Yano birdied the closing two holes. “The key was the 15th hole. I had a tough bunker shot and I&aposm really glad to sink the par putt,” he added. Liang, the reigning Asian Tour number one, sank five birdies in a bogey-free round, but came up just short. The 30-year-old said: “I guess I still need more practice. I struck it well and made some putts. I tried to push hard from the start but I hit a lot of putts past the edges. “My game is getting better. I think with more practice, I&aposll keep going forward and hopefully will win again. On the back nine, I felt I was right in it but I just couldn&apost convert my chances.” Final results from the Panasonic Open: (par 70) -16: Hideto Tanihara 66 68 64 66 -15: Azuma Yano 67 66 65 67 -14: Kenichi Kuboya 67 69 64 66, Liang Wen chong 64 70 67 65 -12: Mark Brown (NZ) 66 68 67 67, Kaname Yokoo 62 69 68 69 -11: Bae Sang moon 69 65 67 68, Shintaro Kai 71 66 66 66 -10: S.K. Ho 68 67 68 67 -9: Norio Shinozaki 65 68 71 67 -8: Taichi Teshima 67 70 67 68 -7: Brendan Jones (Australia) 66 69 72 66, Keiichiro Fukabori 66 70 70 67, Chinnarat Phadungsil 73 63 70 67, Prayad Marksaeng 70 66 69 68, Yui Ueda 70 67 74 62, Katsumasa Miyamoto 67 68 68 70 -6: Toru Suzuki 66 68 72 68, Angel Cabrera 68 68 69 69, Nobuhito Sato 70 66 67 71