It was a matter of mixed results in curling for sa国际传媒.
Calgary's Kevin Koe scored two in the third and sixth ends as sa国际传媒 topped Japan 8-4. Koe (5-3) moved into a three-way tie for second with Britain and South Korea in the standings.
The top four teams in the round robin advance to the semifinals, with Sweden's Niklas Edin (7-1) having already qualified for the playoffs.
Koe plays Denmark on Wednesday in the final round-robin match for both teams.
Ottawa's Rachel Homan is on the brink of missing the women's playoffs after a 7-5 loss to China. sa国际传媒 (3-4) dropped to seventh in the standings.
Although not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, Homan will need to win her two remaining games and have key opponents lose theirs to make the top four and advance to the semifinals.
sa国际传媒 plays Britain and the team from Russia on Wednesday.