Japan head coach Jamie Joseph on Monday named captain Michael Leitch, fullback/wing Kotaro Matsushima and No. 8 Kazuki Himeno among 36 players for their two-match European tour in June and July.Having not played a game since their heroics at the 2019 Rugby World Cup on home soil, the Brave Blossoms will face the British and Irish Lions for the first time on June 26 in Edinburgh before playing Ireland in Dublin on July 3.Japan shocked Ireland when they met in their second pool game at the World Cup, coming away with a 19-12 win, as they went through the pool stage undefeated to reach the kno…READ FULL ARTICLE