Japan’s legions of female volleyball fans were left in tears after Japan lost to Italy in the men’s volleyball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Fans who didn’t make it to Paris were ...

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Overcoming the formidable Dominican Republic in a must-win pool game to qualify for the quarter-finals of women's volleyball is a tall order for Japan but Sarina Koga is ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) got a shot in the arm from the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) in the country’s bid to strengthen the sport by donating ...

In his return to Manila, Japanese volleyball star and fan favorite Ran Takahashi says Asian players can work their way around the European and Americans’ advantage in height and power MANILA, ...

In a major development for the sport of volleyball, Volleyball World has announced this week a multi-year strategic partnership with Japan's SV.LEAGUE, aimed at elevating Japan’s premier volleyball ...

Japan is certainly fond of its robots so it's perhaps little surprise that the women's national volleyball team has started using them to help improve its game. Engineers designed a team of opponents ...

Germany is competing in men’s volleyball at the Olympics for the first time since the 2012 London Games. The Germans entered these Olympics as the world No. 11 and were not widely expected to escape ...

TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami won the first women's match of the beach volleyball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics by default after their Czech opponents withdrew ...

BELDANGI II REFUGEE CAMP, Nepal, April 11 (UNHCR) - Three members of Japan's gold-winning women's volleyball team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics recently visited eastern Nepal to share their knowledge ...

The South Korean women’s under-16 (U-16) national volleyball team defeated Taiwan 3-2 (26-28, 25-21, 25-11, 19-25, 15-13) in ...

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In a bid to give its national volleyball team an edge, Japan has enlisted the help of high-tech training robots. According to New Scientist, these bizarre-looking bots are used to mimic the opposing ...