OSAKA (April 24) Michael Leitch will lead a Japan XV against the Asia Pacific Dragons on Saturday as Eddie Jones’ team warm up for the Asian 5 Nations.

TOKYO (March 12) – Japan Rugby Top League Rookies of the Year Keita Inagaki and Kyosuke Horie were among the seven uncapped players named Wednesday in a 40-man squad for the Asian 5 Nations.

TOKYO (Feb 06) – Japan will play seven test matches in the spring, general manager Kensuke Iwabuchi announced Thursday.

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TOKYO (Nov. 29) – Japan coach Eddie Jones was keen to put the current year behind him and was eager to look ahead to next year and Rugby World Cup 2015, when he made his first public appearance following the stroke he suffered on Oct. 14.

MADRID (Nov. 23) – Japan scored four unanswered second-half tries to ensure they finished their European tour and 2013 international season in style as they beat Spain 40-7 on Saturday.

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COLWYN BAY (Nov. 15) Japan stand-in coach Scott Wisemantel praised the courage of his team after they beat Russia 40-13 on Friday evening.

COLWYN BAY (Nov. 15) – Japan scored one try in the first half and four in the second as they picked up the first win of their European tour, beating Russia 40-13 at Parc Eirias on Friday evening.

COLWYN BAY (Nov.14) – Japan go into Friday’s test with Russia in confident mood despite having arrived in North Wales on the back of two straight losses on the European tour and three including the game against the All Blacks in Tokyo.