FIVB exec Fernando Lima hopes Japan can reclaim Olympic glory
Volleyball's governing body wants to see Japan, the birthplace of the sport at the Olympics, recreate its golden era at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, FIVB secretary general Fernando Lima said. Japan remains a volleyball hotbed 54 years after the gold medal performance of the women's national team on the sport's ...
V.League hoping to shake up volleyball scene
The name of the new league is nothing fresh, but Japan's top volleyball circuit will shake things up next fall. The ...
Defending champion Japan defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 in a thrilling four-set final to secure its ninth Asian men's volleyball championship title ...
Japan defeated Brazil for the first time in six years, winning their 2017 women's volleyball World Grand Prix match 3-2 on Sunday. Japan, entering its Pool D1 finale after a crushing loss to Serbia the previous day, blew a two-set lead at Kamei Arena Sendai ...
Japan won its final qualifying pool for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship on Saturday, wrapping up with a 3-2 victory over Australia. Entering their Pool B finale against Australia with a perfect 3-0 record, the Japanese clinch a top-two spot and a berth ...
Japan Volleyball Association missed application deadline for beach volleyball event in Croatia
Japan failed to qualify for the ongoing FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Croatia because the Japan Volleyball Association missed the entry deadline, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. JVA secretary general Takahiko Hayashi admitted there was an administrative error and said ...
Japan men's national team star Yuki Ishikawa will play his second season with Top Volley Latina, a pro squad in the Italian top division, the SuperLega team said Wednesday. The 21-year-old will not compete in the fall league games in Japan, and is scheduled to ...
Volleyball league announces shakeup but will not turn professional
The Japan Volleyball Organization (V. League) announced Wednesday it will launch a new league but said there would be no professional competition coming anytime soon. The new league is tentatively called the "Super League," and starts in the fall of 2018 to replace the current ...
The new Super League the Japan Volleyball League Organization aims to launch in the fall of 2018 will have more teams than the current top division, a source said Thursday. According to the source, there will be 12 women's teams in a conference system and ...
Disgraced Japanese men's volleyball coach set for return to national team
Japan men's coach Yuichi Nakagaichi, who caused a serious traffic accident last year, will rejoin the national team as of June 8, the Japan Volleyball Association announced Wednesday. The 49-year-old Nakagaichi was ordered by the Osaka Summary Court on Monday to pay a ¥700,000 settlement. ...
The Japan Volleyball Association is considering a temporary replacement for Yuichi Nakagaichi after the recently appointed men's national team coach stepped back from the role following his involvement in a serious traffic incident last year, a source close to the matter said Wednesday. Nakagaichi ran ...
Saori Kimura, who had announced her retirement at the end of the season, played her last competitive volleyball game Sunday, but Japan's women's captain at the Rio Olympics could not rescue her side Toray Arrows from a 3-1 defeat to NEC Red Rockets in ...
Police on Monday sent papers to prosecutors on the incoming coach of the Japanese men's national volleyball team for allegedly causing a road accident that seriously injured a man in Hiroshima Prefecture last November. Yuichi Nakagaichi, 49, is suspected of negligence in allegedly hitting a ...
Sata Maruyama, who played on the gold-winning women's volleyball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, died on Sunday, her family revealed Monday. She was 72. At 20 years of age, Maruyama, known more by her maiden name Isobe, was the youngest starter and an attacker ...
Deadline extended for volleyball teams to make decision to join Super League
The Japan Volleyball League Organization said Tuesday it will extend the deadline until the end of the year for teams to nominate to join the new Super League. The JVLO said on Sept. 20 the plan for the professional league — scheduled to start in ...
