Head-to-head· United States and Japan will meet for the 10th time at the World Cup. Their first encounter came in 1977 with Japan prevailing in straight sets.
· The Americans beat Japan in their following eight matches at the World Cup, the longest winning streak for United States in the competition.
· United States have won the last 16 meetings with the Japanese team in all major international competitions.
· Japan recorded their last victory over the Americans at the 1993 Grand Champions Cup (3-1).
United States· United States kicked off their 2015 World Cup campaign with a straight set win over Australia (25-23, 25-12, 25-15). They conceded only 50 points, two more than they did in their only previous World Cup meeting with Australia back in 2007.
· United States can win their opening two matches of a World Cup campaign for the fourth time and for the first time since 1999, when they started with four successive victories.
· United States have won six of their seven World cup matches played in Hiroshima and are unbeaten in their last five, since a five-set defeat against Brazil in 1989.
· Aaron Russell (3), Matthew Anderson (2), Taylor Sander (2), David Lee (2) and Micah Christenson (1) all recorded at least one ace in USA's opener against Australia.
Japan· On Tuesday, hosts Japan ended a four-match losing streak in the competition by beating Egypt 3-2 in their 2015 World Cup opening match (25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 17-25, 15-7).
· Three of Japan's last four victories in the World Cup came against Egypt.
· Japan can win their opening two matches of a World Cup campaign for the sixth time after 1969, 1977, 1991, 1995 and 2003.
· Yuki Ishikawa scored a team-high 24 points against Egypt, including 20 spikes from 31 attempts.