Scrum-half Takashi Tsuji will make his Test debut after being named in the starting line-up by Japan coach Shogo Mukai to face Scotland in Townsville on Sunday.
The NEC player is the only uncapped member of the Cherry Blossoms squad but he will have the assurance of 37-cap veteran Keiji Hirose outside him at fly-half against Scotland.
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