Ivica Osim is unlikely to recall any European-based players for Japan's upcoming friendly against Peru and may hold off from calling any up until the Asian Cup finals.
The game against the South Americans in Yokohama on March 24 will be the national team's first game of 2007 and one of only three scheduled before Osim's men do battle for a third-straight Asian Cup triumph in July.
Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura and Eintracht Frankfurt forward Naohiro Takahara are two players based in Europe who have been in scintillating form for their clubs this season and have been linked with a callup.