Former Wallabies star Israel Folau has been named to start his second Japan Rugby League One match after impressing in his competition debut last weekend.
The Top League will feature more foreign stars than ever before in 2020.
Matthew Screech scored the winning try two minutes from time as Scarlets' hopes of a European Champions Cup spot suffered a blow following a 34-32 defeat to Dragons at the Principality Stadium.
Scarlets have confirmed the identity of the four players that are leaving Parc y Scarlets at the end of the season, with back row Will Boyde top of their list.
Leigh Halfpenny is set to make his first Scarlets appearance since October after being named in the side to face Toyota Cheetahs in a crucial Guinness PRO14 clash at Parc y Scarlets on Sunday.
Leigh Halfpenny won't get a chance to prove his match fitness ahead of the Guinness Six Nations game with England after being left out of the Scarlets squad to face Benetton in the PRO 14 clash at Stadio Monigo on Saturday.
There is no room for Manu Tuilagi in the Leicester Tigers' 23 named to take on the Scarlets in today's Heineken Champions Cup fixture in Wales.
Ken Owens has 60 caps for Wales and is a British & Irish Lions hooker, but the Scarlets captain has been forced into a dramatic positional switch as the Scarlets deal with a major injury crisis.
After what has been a disappointing opener to the Heineken Champions Cup action, with defeats to both Racing 92 and Leicester Tigers.
Warren Gatland gathered more than 60 players together at The Vale this week to detail his plans for the year leading up to the Rugby World Cup, and how his Wales squad for Japan would more than likely consist of 31 of those present.