Japan squad announced to open their World Cup qualifying campaign at home to North Korea in Saitama on 2 September, and away in Uzbekistan on 6th.GKs Kawashima, Nishikawa, GondaDFs Komano, Konno, Kurihara, Inoha, Makino, Uchida, YoshidaMFs Endo, Kiyotake, K.Nakamura, Abe, Hasebe, Hosogai, KashiwagiFWs Lee, Okazaki, Honda, Morimoto, Kagawa, Haraguchi.