Hitosho Ono recalled into the Japan squad

The Japan Rugby Football Union has announced that Sunwolves lock Hitoshi Ono has been recalled to the Japan squad as an injury replacement ahead of their upcoming Tests against Romania and Ireland.

The 39-year-old lock, who has played 98 times for his country, replaces Suntory Sungoliath second row Shinya Makabe, having been initially omitted from Jamie Joseph's squad for the games against Romania (June 10) and Ireland (June 17 and 24).

Japan squad:

Forwards: Shintaro Ishihara, Keita Inagaki, Koki Yamamoto, Takuma Asahara, Heiichiro Ito, Yu Chinen, Yusuke Niwai, Takeshi Hino, Shota Horie, Yuya Odo, Uwe Helu, Hitoshi Ono, Kotaro Yatabe, Hendrik Tui, Yoshitaka Tokunaga, Shuhei Matasuhashi, Amanaki Lelei Mafi, Michael Leitch

Backs: Keisuke Uchida, Fumiaki Tanaka, Yutaka Nagare, Jumpei Ogura, Yu Tamura, Rikiya Matsuda, Derek Carpenter, Harumichi Tatekawa, William Tupou, Timothy Lafaele, Shota Emi, Kenki Fukuoka, Akihito Yamada, Ryuji Noguchi, Kotaro Matsushima