Hanae Kubo scored the dramatic winning goal in Japan’s final match of the ice hockey tournament's preliminary round.
With seven points in Group B, Japan reached the last eight for the first time in four Olympic appearances.
Medal hopeful Japan will face defending champion U.S. in a rematch of the 2019 worlds.
Coach Yuji Iizuka’s squad will be looking to improve on its eighth-place finish at the 2019 worlds in Finland, where it lost to the U.S. 4-0...