Claire Thompson had a goal and two assists. Julia Gosling, Emily Clark, Ella Shelton and Sophie Jaques also scored and Renata Fast had three assists for the defending champions. Kristin Campbell stopped five of six shots for her third win of the tournament. Mei Miura scored Japan’s first goal against Canada in nine meetings, while goalie Miyuu Masuhara was a workhorse stopping 53 shots. Canada faces last year’s bronze medallist Finland and the U.S. meets host Czechia in Saturday’s semifinals. The medal games are Sunday. The Canadians blanked Finland 5-0 to open the tournament with Campbell posting a 24-save shutout. Czechia thumped Switzerland 7-0, the United States blanked Germany 3-0 and the Finns got by Sweden 3-2 in Thursday’s earlier quarterfinals.