The Yamaha rider is 87 points ahead of Casey Stoner with just 100 points left to be won in the four races remaining.
Rossi needs to finish in fourth place at Motegi to secure the title regardless of what Stoner does.
The Italian, however, says he is is no hurry to clinch his eighth title and will approach the Japanese race as usual.
"We have had a fantastic run of race and now here we are finally, with a 'match point' for the championship, and in Motegi once again," said Rossi in a team preview.
"In 2005 I was in the same situation but I crashed and had to wait for Malaysia to win the title, and then last year we lost the championship in Japan.
"I really would like to win in Motegi, especially as it's such an important race for Yamaha and it would be a great reward for them for all of the work they have done.
"However, we cannot put too much pressure on ourselves and I will try to treat it like another normal race. We have a good margin of points, but there are still four more races so it is still not over."
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