KYK has from the Koreans. I believed she is the first Asian foreigner to play in Japan as well. All the foreigners before her, had only been non Asians. Then when she left, Onuma came.....though I'm not 100%, so anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wro
Zhang Yuehong (Chinese) was playing in Toray 10 yeras ago. Kim came to Japan the following year.
According to Japanese media, it seems that China, Thailand and others bid for the 2022 WCH.
I read a post by some Chinese volleyball fan that the Japanese TV will NOT broadcast live the semifinal matches. Instead they will just focus on the match of the 5th position.
Must be a very disappointing miss for the Japanese volleyball fans if it's the case.
Is it true that the SF matches won't be covered live?
This is true. It only broadcasts to Japan vs USA. stupid, JVA and TBS
P.S. It is seen on a paid channel
I didn't expect Japan to enter the 3rd round. sorry Nakada. I'm surprised she rebuilt the team from the Asian Games.
and I loved the Russian volleyball in this WCH. energy, passion, teamwork, Pankov made a good team. I would like to see strong Russia in Tokyo2020. Japan and Russia ( Soviet Union ) played at the final of the volleyball's first Olympic Games in Tokyo1964 and made a history after that.
I hope the typhoon won`t affect the WCH.... but mostly important I feel so sorry for the people affected by it....I hope everyone is safe in Japan.
The typhoon is gone, today the wind is still a bit strong but it is sunny. There is less damage than last time. I think that arenas and hotels are not damaged. Thank you for your concern
14 players for WCH
S,
Tominaga, Tashiro
MB,
Okumura, Araki, Shimamura, Iwasaka
OH
Ishii, Kurogo, Uchiseto, Koga,
OPP
Nagaoka, Shinnabe
L
Inoue, Kobata
Look like Toray Arrows got new uniform and colours scheme for 2018/19 season.
https://twitter.com/TORAY_ArrowsW/status/1036886674146385920
Color combinations 
Three Japanese players signed with CSM Bucuresti. Kanami Tashiro (S) ,Kotoe Inoue (L), An Saita (L).
Naoko Hashimoto (S) stayed there.
Thailand veteran players did a good job. and Ajcharaporn came back on the court.
THA-JPN
Koyomi IWASAKA [sic] is serving well for Japan:
Maybe she is married. Koyomi Iwasaki, not Iwasak"a". But shirt name is Tominaga.
Erika Shinomiya, shirt name is Araki.
from August 19 to September 1
Pool A : Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong China, Philippines
Pool B : Korea, China, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, India
Preliminary round : Aug 19~27
Quarterfinals : Aug 29
Semifinals : Aug 31
Finals : Sep 1
https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/volleyball/
http://asianvolleyball.net/asian-games-2018/ (AVC)
As far as I see SNS, Thailand is also A team.
Arisa Sato joins her hometown team. The team which dissolved last year is set up again and wants to enter the V league next season. So we can not see Sato in the V league this season.
2018/19 News
V1 league will start on November 3.
Tokyo
Hisamitsu vs Toray
Denso vs NEC
Akita
Saitama Ageo vs Kurobe
Hitachi vs PFU
Osaka
JT vs Okayama
Toyota Auto Body has no match on November 3.
8 teams will go to the playoff 2nd league. The semifinals are March 30-31. The final is April 6-7.
They will use Mikasa's ball for three years from 2018/19.
According to JVA's instagram, it seems that these 16 players went to America.
S- Tashiro, Sato, Tominaga
MB- Shimamura, Araki, Iwasaka, Okumura
OH- Koga, Kurogo, Nomoto, Ishii, Nabeya
OPP- Shinnabe, Nagaoka
L- Inoue, Kobata
July 22-29 Training at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim
July27 Friendly exhibition match USA-Japan at Tustin High School in Tustin, California
Twitter of a TV station broadcasting WCH.
＠TBS_TV_S1
https://twitter.com/TBS_TV_S1/status/1017246186439258112
Probably this was recently taken. Koga is in 5 seconds after the start. Koga doesn't go to the Asian Games, but I think she is in the training camp. Let's wait for information on who will go to USA this month.
Hey! That's wild. I watched them and thought they were pretty good. They took a set from Hisamitsu! And I definitely noticed Kawai. Short one "i" but her name made me chuckle
There was some kerfuffle about how this team formed, I think. Like they bought out another team so they could jump to V2 instead of V3 or something?
Last year, they tried to participate in V2 by buying a team that became difficult for management, but they could not participate because they were opposed by other teams.
They will come to V2 without any criticism from anyone this year 
I don't like Nakada's tactics. She may have been an excellent setter, but she does not have a coaching skill. I'm disappointed Japan got worse than last year. especially defense. Japan enter an easy group at WCH ( host country!! ), but it will be a difficult competition for Japan.
Araki, Nagaoka, Sato (setter), Nomoto, Kobata joined training camp.
