Eliminated Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals, and Japan faced China in the knockout round of the Sudirman Cup for the sixth time in a row

After eliminating Chinese Taipei in three straight games on the 2nd Beijing time to advance to the semifinals, Japan faced the Chinese team in the knockout round in the Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships for 6 consecutive times.

Watanabe defeated Chinese Taipei's number one player Chou Tien Cheng in the second men's singles match, which was the key to Japan's final three-game victory

In the first mixed doubles match, Japan saw Daiki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi win 21-18 over Chinese Taipei's Ye Hongwei and Hu Ayafang to seize the opportunity. Watanabe's defeat of Zhou Tian became the key to the second Men's Singles match, Watanabe defeated Zhou Tiancheng 21-13, 20-22, 21-14 to add another victory for Japan and end a three-game losing streak against the latter (2-3 overall head-to-head record).

In the end, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi (world No. 4) sealed the win in the third Women's Singles match, with the former world champion defeating Chinese Taipei's Hsu Min-ki (world No. 23) 21-8, 17-21, 21-18 to complete their first meeting.

Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup, and Akane Yamaguchi won the third Women's Singles match

Former Japanese world champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi will play against Taipei's Wang Chi-lin and Chiu Xiang-chun in the fourth men's doubles, and Japan's goats Chiyo Shida and Namo Matsuyama will play against Taipei's temporary pair Hu Aya-fang and Hong Enci in the fifth women's doubles.

Japan has lost to China in the past 6 Soviet Cups. Japan then thrashed China in the semi-finals, with the host and defending champions knocking out Malaysia 3-0 in the quarter-finals. Japan were eliminated by China in the last edition (2023) and the quarterfinals of the 2017 Soviet Cup, and lost to China in the finals in 2015, 2019 and 2021.