See Why Japan Volleyball Team Has the Best Defense in the World

See Why Japan Volleyball Team Has the Best Defense in the World See Why Japan is the Most Disciplined Volleyball Team in the World The Japan men s national volleyball team represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Their nickname is RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON) , meaning Japanese Dragon God or Dragon God of Japan in Japanese. Japan won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, followed by silver at Mexico 1968 and a gold at Munich 1972. The years after this have been less successful. Japan missed three successive Olympic Games before returning at Beijing 2008, where they failed to win a match. Japan then failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games and also missed Rio 2016 after finishing seventh at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo. They also failed to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Championship the first edition they had missed in 54 years. They