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Japan's Yuta Watanabe celebrates after the team won its classification match over Cape Verde at Okinawa Arena in September.
SPORTS
Dec 31, 2023
Long-term plans drive 2023 turnaround for three Japan men's teams
2023 marked a big turning point for Japan's previously floundering men's national volleyball, basketball and handball teams.
Japan's men's volleyball team celebrates its win over Slovenia at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Saturday.
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Oct 8, 2023
Japan's men's volleyball team qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics
Japan's captain, Yuki Ishikawa, was the top scorer for his team with 15 points.
Japan's Sarina Koga (right) spikes the ball against Peru during an Olympic qualifying tournament match at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium on Saturday.
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Sep 17, 2023
Japan's women victorious in Olympic volleyball qualifying opener
Two berths for Paris 2024 are up for grabs in the eight-team round robin tournament being hosted in Tokyo.
Japan had reached the semifinals of the Volleyball Nations League for the first time.
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Jul 23, 2023
Japan beaten by host Poland in Volleyball Nations League semis
Japan, a first-time semifinalist at either the current tournament or the preceding World League that began in 1990, will face Italy in the bronze final on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Oct 10, 2022
Japan to face Brazil in quarterfinals at world championships
Japan powered past the Netherlands 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 in its last pool game of the women's volleyball world championship Sunday, setting up a quarterfinal showdown with Brazil.
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Sep 26, 2022
Japan off to winning start at women's world volleyball championships
Japan began the women's volleyball world championships in style on Sunday, cruising past Colombia 25-20, 25-22, 25-17 in Pool D.
Japan Times
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May 2, 2021
Tokyo welcomes foreign divers to test event under close supervision
The diving World Cup began Saturday with some athletes already chafing under COVID-19 countermeasures that will see wider use at the upcoming Summer Olympics.
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Nov 6, 2018
Japan receives automatic team berths for 2020 Olympics
Japan will be guaranteed two berths, one men's team and one women's team, for volleyball as the host of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japan Volleyball Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2018
Deaf community looks to bring their own Olympics to Japan after 2020
About seven years have passed since Miyuki Kano, a 41-year-old former Olympic volleyball player, entered into the world of deaf sports as a volleyball coach, taking over the position of her friend who died of cancer.
Japan Times
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Aug 7, 2018
Iconic coach Hiroshi Toyoda to enter International Volleyball Hall of Fame
Former Japan Volleyball Association managing director Hiroshi Toyoda will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, the association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
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May 22, 2018
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.
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Jul 15, 2017
Japan men qualify for 2018 volleyball world championship
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.
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Jun 30, 2017
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.
Japan Times
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May 31, 2017
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.
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May 25, 2017
Super League to add teams for planned 2018 launch
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2016
Koike backs Ariake Arena as 2020 volleyball venue after ¥6.5 billion discount
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gets on board with the plan to build Ariake Arena to host Olympic volleyball in 2020, but not before scoring a significant discount.
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Nov 29, 2016
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016
Japan Volleyball Association urges Koike to look beyond costs and build new Olympic venue
The Japan Volleyball Association (JVA), along with former Olympians, submitted a written petition Tuesday to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike calling on the government to stick to the original plan of building the Ariake Arena volleyball venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2016
Head of Japan sports alliance says new volleyball arena a must for Tokyo Olympics
The head of the Alliance of Japan Top Leagues (JTL) on Wednesday called for the construction of the Ariake Arena volleyball venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to go ahead as planned.
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Oct 25, 2016
Nakada, Nakagaichi confirmed as Japan national vollyeball team coaches
The Japan Volleyball Association's executive committee on Tuesday decided to appoint Kumi Nakada as coach of the women's national team and Yuichi Nakagaichi as head of the men's side.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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