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Liverpool arrived in Japan for the second leg of their Asian pre-season tour on Sunday, with a match lined up against Yokohama F. Marinos at Nissan Stadium tomorrow. It will be the first time that the club has played in the country since the 2005 World Cup Championship — and The Athletic has been there to follow them. Here is the second part of James Pearce's tour diary (you can read the first, from the Hong Kong leg, here). The searing heat did little to dent the competitive nature of Liverpool's open training session at Tokyo's JFA Yume Field on Tuesday. Temperatures reached 36C close to midday as Arne Slot's squad embarked on some intense possession-based drills. 'Stay focused on closing the lines,' bellowed Slot from under his baseball cap. Advertisement The players were divided into three groups — whites, oranges and greens — with a focus on one-touch and two-touch exchanges in tight spaces. Assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff, who led the session, counted out loud the number of passes each colour managed to complete before they were pressed into conceding possession or the ball went outside the allotted area. Andy Robertson was among the most vocal as he demanded that standards remained high. Liverpool's chief scout, Barry Hunter, and assistant sporting director, David Woodfine, were among those watching on from the shade. There was no sign of sporting director Richard Hughes, who had departed after linking up with the touring party earlier in the trip. His next move in the transfer market is going to be intriguing. After a drinks break, one group of players embarked on some set-piece work overseen by first team individual development coach Aaron Briggs. The rest headed to the other end of the ground, where Hulshoff and new assistant coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst, who replaced Ajax-bound John Heitinga earlier this summer, took charge of a drill involving playing through the lines to create shooting opportunities. The two groups then swapped over. Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz were among those tasked with taking corners as players waited to both defend and attack them. Briggs had placed six inflatable mannequins across the face of the six-yard box. There was also a focus on long throws being flicked on for a team-mate to get a shot away. The best of them was delivered by Wataru Endo, flicked on by Darwin Nunez and emphatically volleyed home by Mac Allister. Liverpool initially advertised for a set-piece coach last summer. Unable to find a suitable candidate they gave the responsibility to Briggs instead. For the second half of the session, Slot stood in the middle, keeping a watching brief over the drills at either end and barking words of encouragement. With the traffic heavy, the 33km journey back to Liverpool's base in the Minato City area of Tokyo took over an hour. After lunch the players had to attend various events with sponsors before being given the rest of the day off by Slot with some venturing out to do some sightseeing. Liverpool will wear special edition shirts for Wednesday's game against Yokohama F. Marinos in front of more than 70,000 fans at their Nissan Stadium home. As part of the club's partnership with Kodansha, the back of the jerseys will feature names and numbers designed by renowned Japanese calligrapher Riu Akizuki. 'It is a quiet gesture of respect, imagination and connection — delivered from Japan to Liverpool,' says Akiko Kamiya, the deputy director of Kodansha. 'Each letter and number, unique in form, resonates with the others. Together, they speak with quiet strength and harmony — just like a team.' Liverpool Under-15s watched the senior squad train on Monday before getting some words of advice from captain Virgil van Dijk. The youngsters are here to play two matches against the J League Under-15s Selection. 'I heard they have a lot of fans coming,' Van Dijk said. 'You guys nervous? You'll be fine. Are you gonna win? You better do. You represent Liverpool, you know?' Ibrahima Konate gatecrashed a joint interview with Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong at the team hotel. Giving them each a bottle of water, there was a playful dig at the heavy defeat they both experienced at the hands of Liverpool playing for Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League last season. 'How was the 4-0 at Anfield?' Konate chuckled. Wirtz and Frimpong were filming the latest episode of 'Bezzies' for club media, with team-mates tested on how much they know about each other. Frimpong's most annoying habit? He can be too loud. If he could be a champion in any other sport? The NBA. Toughest opponent? Alphonso Davies. They took it in turns to answer questions while the other was wearing headphones and they passed the friendship test. 'We click directly, we like the same things,' Frimpong said. 'Yes bro, good speech,' added Wirtz. The Liverpool squad got their week off to a peaceful start. They visited Tokyo's Ekoin Temple on Monday for a meditation session with local monks. Mohamed Salah is among a group of players who feel they benefit greatly from meditating on a daily basis. On their arrival in Japan the previous evening, Van Dijk, Konate, Endo, Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Kostas Tsimikas donned happi coats, a traditional Japanese garment often worn during festivals. The idea was to recreate an image from nearly 60 years ago when The Beatles wore them on their arrival here. A post from a fake social media account gained traction online after claiming Robertson had been given the vice-captaincy. It led to the long-serving left-back getting congratulatory texts from friends. 'I've not heard anything,' Robertson insisted after the game in Hong Kong. 'Me, Mo (Salah), Alisson and Virgil are obviously part of the leadership group. The manager has not spoken to any of us yet. The four of us are a tight-knit group in terms of helping the new lads. We've been at this club a long time now. We know what it takes and we also know how hard it is to keep the levels as high as fans expect.' The vice-captaincy is available following Trent Alexander-Arnold's move to Real Madrid. Slot has already made his mind up about who will become Van Dijk's new deputy but is keeping his cards close to his chest. 'I'm not telling everyone yet,' he said. Curtis Jones says Wirtz has made a big impression with his new team-mates on and off the pitch. The £116million signing caught the eye with some sublime touches in the first half of Saturday's friendly defeat by Milan. 'There's this label on him that we've paid this price for him,' Jones said. 'But he just needs to stay calm, go and play his game and not think about the price he's been bought for. 'He's an exciting player but on top of all he's an unbelievable lad who enjoys the game. As you can see, he's found his feet already. This is an unbelievable team but it's like a family as well. It makes the lads feel at home.' (Top photos: Arne Slot at the Ekoin Temple; Liverpool train in Tokyo; Getty Images)
