Women's fencing saber World Cup team 5th place in Japan, qualified for Paris Olympics. Misaki Emura, Risa Takashima, and Yo Ozaki won the individual event at last year's world championship for the second time in a row.
Japan defeated Azerbaijan, ranked 10th in the world, 45-26 in the second round, and lost to South Korea by one point, 44-45, in the quarterfinals. In the deciding match for 5th and 6th place, they defeated the USA, ranked 6th inThe World Cup held in Belgium was held on the 17th.