Japan’s first national volleyball league was formed in 1967. Three years earlier, the Japanese women’s national volleyball team, dubbed the “Oriental Witches,” won the gold medal at the ...

Volleyball player Jaja Santiago has just obtained her Japanese citizenship. The athlete shared her life update in an Instagram post, noting that changing one's nationality is "never an easy decision." ...

In the decisive fifth set, they dominated Japan to seal up their first victory in Olympic men’s volleyball since the 2012 London Games. In the first set, Germany launched a 7-0 run early in the first ...

Background Improvement sought in the performance of a professional volleyball team, eighth in Japanese Premiere Volleyball League 2009-Season, based on collection and analysis of biometric data.

Background Lower back pain occurs more frequently among volleyball than other players and one of the main course affecting their performance on the court. Objective To identify the reason of the lower ...

Japan, the second-ranked team in the world, faced off against 11th-ranked Germany to get the tournament started in Pool B. In an eye-popping upset to begin the men’s volleyball slate at the Paris ...