Newport Gwent Dragon Kevin Morgan starts for Wales against Japan on Thursday in place of the injured Gareth Thomas.

Fellow Dragon Colin Charvis starts again in a line-up showing ten changes to the team beaten by Australia.

Ceri Sweeney gets a place on the bench.

Wales: Kevin Morgan; Dafydd James, Jamie Robinson, James Hook, Shane Williams; Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips; Duncan Jones, Rhys Thomas, Chris Horsman, Will James, Alun Wyn Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Colin Charvis, Alix Popham.

Replacements: Huw Bennett, Gethin Jenkins, Ian Evans, Martyn Williams, Gareth Cooper, Ceri Sweeney, Tom Shanklin.

Japan: Christian Loamanu; Kosuke Endo, Yuta Imamura, Shotaro Onishi, Hirotoki Onozawa; Bryce Robins, Tomoki Yoshida; Takuro Miuchi (capt), Philip O'Reilly, Hare Makiri; Luke Thompson, Hitoshi Ono; Soma Tomokazu, Yuji Matsubara, Tatsukishi Nishiura.

Replacements: Taku Inokuchi, Ryo Yamamura, Takanori Kumagae, Yasunori Watanabe, Kim Chul-won, Koji Taira, Tatsuya Kusumi.