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The Liverpool midfielder played the first half of Sunday\u2019s match in Tokyo, which finished 1-0 to the hosts.<\/p>\n
Endo had not featured for club or country since sustaining a foot injury in the Reds\u2019 win at Sunderland in February.<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s next game is their World Cup opener against a Netherlands squad containing three of Endo\u2019s teammates \u2013 Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch and Virgil van Dijk \u2013 in Arlington, Texas, on June 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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