Welsh Rugby World Cup star Dominic Day is to join Toyota Verblitz in a short-term deal until January 2017, Wales Online reported on 14 May.
A second-row player who has been capped three times, Day turned down a chance to stay with current team Bath and an approach from Cardiff Blues to make the move.
Speaking of the run up to his decision, he said: “I spoke to a few players who have been [to Japan] and friends who are working there now. I heard nothing but good things about being out there and how the players are looked after. It was just an opportunity I felt I couldn’t turn down”.