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 ...

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 rallied from two sets down to stun Canada in five sets and remain undefeated in men's Volleyball Nations League play in ...

Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic Volleyball history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most ...

OSAKA — Canada pushed undefeated Japan to five sets before falling to the host team Thursday in men's Volleyball Nations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. takahashi ran Fans noticed Olympic rookie Ran Takahashi, 19, during a match with Canada on July 26. To anime fans' delight, ...

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 ...

The way female fans cheer from the stands, zealously waving uchiwa (paper fans) and signs for their favorite stars, it’s easy to mistake a men’s volleyball game in Japan for a concert featuring the ...