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 ...

Ally Batenhorst has shared a sneak peek of her outing with her boyfriend, Cooper Robinson, to Japan. The latter joined 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Takahiro Hanada, Japanese minister and consul general, led the turnover of sporting equipment on the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA)’s behalf to Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) ...

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Haikyuu's manga may have finished last year, but the franchise made a surprise appearance during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The series, which was written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate, follows ...