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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Japanese women's basketball and volleyball teams won gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics on Tuesday. Japan narrowly beat the United States 65-64 in the women's basketball final, and trumped Turke ...

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 ...

The Alas Pilipinas girls team impressed by putting up a gallant stand against defending champion Japan in a 17-25, 25-21, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Hosts Japan began their men’s volleyball campaign with their first victory at the Olympics in 29 years while Iran edged Poland in a five-set epic in their Pool A openers at an empty ...

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 ...

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 ...

Playing for BYU's volleyball coach was far down the list of awkward situations that three Utah athletes encountered during a recent tour of Japan as they competed in seven matches. Ute hitters Dani ...

Vietnamese volleyball star Tran Thi Thanh Thuy faced a staggering earthquake with her club PFU BlueCats in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 1. A massive earthquake hit five prefectures of Japan: ...