Football Soccer - Japan v Thailand - World Cup 2018 Qualifier - Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan - 28/3/17. Japan's Yuya Kubo kicks the ball to score their third goal. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic named prolific Gent striker Yuya Kubo and promising Bulgaria-based midfielder Kohei Kato in his 25-member squad for next month's friendly against Syria and World Cup qualifier against Iraq on Thursday.
Kubo, who scored in Japan's previous two qualifiers, joined Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki and AC Milan's Keisuke Honda in the forward line for the June 7 match against Syria in Tokyo and the away match in neutral Tehran six days later.
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