People compete in flipping tables, venting anger at unique event

A group of small children overturns a Japanese "chabudai" low dining table during a "chabudai gaeshi" table-flipping contest in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 27, 2015. Chabudai gaeshi literally means upending the tea table, an action to express anger or disapproval that is often depicted in dramas as a stereotypical image of old-fashioned, stubborn Japanese fathers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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