Japanese ballet dancer wins prize at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Kyodo) -- A 17-year-old Japanese girl was among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Saturday, the organizers said.
Madoka Sugai from Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, won the prize with the top score among the eight, and was also given the contemporary dance prize.

The Mainichi Daily News

それからの山本山

Exclusive: Bigg Boss 5 guest Yamamotoyama to enter Ring Ka King! 

 Ring Ka King has been making a lot of noise. It is the first wrestling show on Indian television, made on such a huge scale. The show has many highlights like Harbhajan Singh, the goodwill ambassador and 20 wrestlers from all over the world. To add more zing into the show, the channel has roped in the Japanese wrestling sensation Yamamotoyama, who was earlier associated with the channel as a guest for Bigg Boss season 5.As per our sources, “The wrestler will come to India this weekend. He will be a part of the show and also play a wrestling match with one of the top wrestlers.

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八百長で追放になった力士の一人の山本山。良く分からんがインドでプロレスのリングに上がるらしい。

「なぜ」から始める現代アート

『「なぜ」から始める現代アート』という本によると草間弥生さんの水玉は統合失調症の幻覚で本人には現実に見えているものらしい。霧島に草間さんの作品を集めた美術館があってかなり前に行ったことがある。当時も今もなんのこっちゃ分からん世界だ。てんてんてんてん・・・あああああ。

アメリカでもF-35はコストと開発遅延が問題になってるらしい

Congress in battle over F-35 program
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, calls the F-35 jet “the big enchilada,” the most advanced stealth aircraft in the world and a great investment in U.S. national security. For Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a scandal and a tragedy, destined to become the most costly weapons program in history and one beset by delays and huge cost overruns.

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日本も買うことになってるけど、大丈夫なのか？