2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Date5–12 July 2025
Coach(es)Matt Sherratt
Tour captain(s)Dewi Lake
Summary
P W D L
Test match
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
Tour chronology
Previous tourAustralia 2024

The Wales national rugby union team is scheduled to tour Japan in July 2025, as part of the 2025 mid-year rugby union tests. The first test against the Japan national team is scheduled to be played at the Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu on 5 July, followed by the second test at the Noevir Stadium Kobe a week later. It will be Wales' third tour to Japan and their first since 2013, having cancelled a tour to Japan and New Zealand in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That 2013 tour saw Japan record their only win over Wales in 14 previous meetings, including ten tests. The most recent meeting finished in a 33–30 win for Wales in Cardiff in November 2016. Before the series, a Japan XV will play a match against the Māori All Blacks. Cardiff Rugby head coach Matt Sherratt was named as coach for the tour, resuming the role he filled for the last three games of the 2025 Six Nations Championship, following the resignation of Warren Gatland.