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The 31-year-old Honda, who plays for Mexican
side Pachuca, last featured for the national team in September's
World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia.
Augsburg attacking midfielder Takashi Usami, who is on loan at
Fortuna Dusseldorf, and FC Tokyo midfielder Shoya Nakajima, on
loan at Portuguese club Portimonense, were also named in Vahid
Halilhodzic's squad.
Leicester forward Shinji Okazaki, who recently made a comeback
from a knee injury, has been left out of the squad for the
matches against Mali and Ukraine on March 23 and 27 respectively
in the Belgian city of Liege.
Southampton defender Maya Yoshida (knee) and Borussia Dortmund
midfielder Shinji Kagawa (ankle) have also been omitted because
of injuries.
Halilhodzic had left out Kagawa, Okazaki and Honda for
friendlies against Brazil and Belgium in November.
Japan will face Colombia, Senegal and Poland in Group H at this
year's World Cup in Russia.
Squad:
Goalkeeper: Eiji Kawashima, Masaaki Higashiguchi, Kosuke
Nakamura
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo, Tomoaki Makino, Masato Morishige,
Tomoya Ugajin, Hiroki Sakai, Shintaro Kurumaya, Gen Shoji,
Wataru Endo, Naomichi Ueda
Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Ryota Morioka,
Gaku Shibasaki, Ryota Ohshima, Kento Misao
Forwards: Keisuke Honda, Yu Kobayashi, Yuya Osako, Genki
Haraguchi, Takashi Usami, Kenyu Sugimoto, Yuya Kubo, Shoya
Nakajima
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Toby
Davis)
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