Maruyama, 38, fired a four-under-par 67 at the Joyo Country Club, where his three-day total of 11-under-par 202 is well clear of Korea's second-placed Kim Kyung-tae, who finished the day with a superb 66.

China's Liang Wen-chong, the Asian Tour number one in 2007, kept himself in contention with a battling 69 to lie in tied third place, five back alongside Korean Kim Hyung-sung, who shot a 71 after slipping up with three late bogeys in the $1.5-million Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour event.

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