Japan spikers edge South Korea

Kyodo

The Japan woman’s volleyball team kept alive its hopes of reaching the final round with a straight-sets victory over South Korea at the World Grand Prix on Saturday.

Japan bounced back from the previous day’s loss to Serbia to defeat the Asian rival 25-19, 25-22, 29-27 at Ariake Colosseum and improve to a 5-3 record with one match left in the preliminary round. South Korea dropped to the same 5-3 mark.