The opening match will be at the University of Bath on Friday October 16 with the second the following day at Loughborough University 
 
It will be the first time either venue has staged an international badminton match although the City of Bath hosted a match against China in 1999 with England losing
3-2 at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre.
 
Japan last toured England in November 2000 when the hosts won a six-match series 5-1.

The wins came at Guernsey (4-1), Boston (5-0), Huddersfield (4-1), Wigan (4-1) and North Shields (4-1) with the only defeat at Stevenage (4-1) in the final match.
 
The previous Japan visit was in 1998 when England won 3-2 at both Bath and Boston.
 
But most recently England, who played Japan in the Sudirman Cup in May in Guangzhou, China, when they scored a resounding 4-1 during a campaign which marked doubles stars Nathan Robertson’s 100th appearance and Robert Blair’s 50th England appearance.
 
The Japan matches will offer the first opportunity for badminton fans to see Robertson in action at home since reaching his milestone cap.

He is likely to feature in the men’s doubles in at least one match with partner Anthony Clark, with whom he had success at the Singapore Open in June when they became England’s first Super Series winners.
 
Clark and Donna Kellogg, the European mixed doubles champions who will be defending their title in Manchester next April, will be the number one pairing for the mixed doubles and both players will be looking to follow Robertson to 100 caps.

Clark, who lives just 10 miles from the Loughborough venue at Ellistown, has so far won 91 caps and Kellogg 87.
 
The squad is also likely to feature Rajiv Ouseph, who has joined Andrew Smith in the world’s top 30 in the men’s singles, and promising doubles players Chris Adcock, Gabby White and Jenny Wallwork.
 
Adcock and White and White and Wallwork are both in the world top 25 in their respective doubles events.
 
England will be led by performance director Ian Moss, taking charge for the first time in a home fixture, and Olympic manager Andy Wood, who comes from Loughborough.
 
Moss said: “I am looking forward to leading Team England for the first time at home and I am pleased that we are going to two venues that are so important with the training of our emerging squad members.”

The team will be sponsored by Center Parcs.
 
Colin Whaley, the sales and marketing director at Center Parcs, said: "Everyone at Center Parcs is very much looking forward to the two forthcoming Japan internationals and it will be great to see some of our England stars, such as Nathan and Anthony, performing on home soil.

"We are very proud to be a partner of Team England and we wish the whole team the very best of luck."
 
The matches will be played under the five-match Sudirman Cup format of men’s and women’s singles and doubles and one mixed.
 
Tickets will be £12 adults, £10 Badminton England members and £6 concessions – under-16, OAP and students.

Tickets are on sale now.

Visit the Badminton England website for booking details.