Fans noticed Olympic rookie Ran Takahashi, 19, during a match with Canada on July 26. To anime fans' delight, Takahashi pulled off a move seen in "Haikyuu!!," a popular sports anime. The move turned ...

TOKYO (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 confident ...

Volleyball is still a staple of school sports and around 4 million people say they play the sport (compared to 7 million for baseball and 5.3 million for soccer), so it has a strong participation rate ...

In Japanese culture, the dogeza involves kneeling and bowing until the forehead touches the ground. In modern times, it is rarely seen in public outside of extreme circumstances, such as politicians ...

Japan continued their dominance of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League on Wednesday, coming back from two sets down to beat Thailand 3-2 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena and move to the top of the ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) vowed to continue to strengthen the partnership as they look to raise the profile of ...

TOKYO (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 confident ...