Table Tennis

Japan is finally enjoying the limelight once again as one of the world's top table tennis nations after decades of decline. This change of fortunes is down to various efforts being made at the youth level of the sport, including a number of young stars coached by their parents, and the Hopes national team, an elite academy for under-12s responsible for developing a new crop of Olympic medalists. With a brand-new league set to kick off this autumn, we explore Japan's table tennis renaissance.