Ireland 4 Japan 7

Masayasu Sato (Fourth, Skip)
Shunichi Fujita (Third, Vice-Skip)
Takahiro Hashimoto (Second)
Shozo Itoh (Lead)

Spirited fightback from Bill and the boys after losing five shots in the first three ends. Singles in the next four put them one down, without the hammer, in the last end when Japan got a two.

Next game is 4pm tomorrow (2pm here) against the Czech Republic.