TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Volleyball Association's search for its women's national team head coach has identified Ferhat Akbas, as the top candidate, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Volleyball Nations League arrives with exciting innovations: an expanded format, 18 teams per gender, and a globe-spanning match schedule.

led the turnover of sporting equipment on the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA)’s behalf to Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) president Ramon ‘Tats’ Suzara on Thursday at the ...

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 the sport in the ...

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 ...

The Japan Volleyball Association didn’t announce the reason for the switch. Despite his absence, Yuji Nishida and Yuki Ishikawa carried Japan to a 25-18, 25-19, 25-20 win over the Netherlands ...

So, we need more boys and girls playing volleyball and the more people ... may have missed the VNL Final Eight after losing to Japan for the first time on Sunday night at Mall of Asia Arena ...