Japan's Under-23s will tune up for this summer's Athens Olympics with home friendlies against Australia and Venezuela next month, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
Masakuni Yamamoto's men will take on their Australian counterparts at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on July 25 before playing the Venezuelan senior national team at Tokyo's National Stadium five days later.
Japan's women's team, which has also qualified for Athens, will take on Canada in a friendly on July 30, also at National Stadium.
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