OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capcom Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9697) today announced that as of April 2025 it has extended its official sponsorship deal with the Japan Volleyball Association (President: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) got a shot in the arm from the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) in the country’s bid to strengthen the sport by donating ...

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 ...

Men’s volleyball is flying high in Japan with the national team ranked fourth globally ahead of the Paris Olympics and the sport’s soaring popularity fuelled by a manga blockbuster. Haikyu!!, a tale ...

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 ...