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Vettel finished ahead of Toyota's Jarno Trulli and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton at Suzuka. Drivers' championship leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP was eighth, a place below teammate Rubens Barrichello. Brawn GP needs just one point in the remaining two races to clinch the constructors' championship.
In the drivers' championship, Button's lead over Barrichello was cut by one point to 14, with Vettel just two points further back.
It was Vettel's third win of the season, and first since the British Grand Prix in June. The German started from the pole position and led from start to finish.
He had built a 12.5-second buffer over Trulli before the late emergence of the safety car following a crash by Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari. But even after the running order was compacted, he emerged strongly when the safety car was removed, and his victory was not threatened.
Button's eighth-place finish was threatened in the four-lap dash to the finish after the safety car went in, but he defended well to hold off BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica.
Button has not won in eight races, but has collected points in each and still remains in a strong position to clinch the drivers' title in either Brazil or the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished in fourth place, ahead of Williams' Nico Rosberg and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in a race of little incident following a chaotic Saturday qualifying. Link...