Woman wins unique contest in flipping table, venting anger

Kaori Matsuo from Tokushima, southwestern Japan, overturns a Japanese "chabudai" low dining table while shouting out her frustration from having to live separately from her husband based in northern Japan during a "chabudai gaeshi" table-flipping contest in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 27, 2015. Matsuo won the competition and was awarded a gold-colored chabudai and 5 kilograms of Iwate-produced rice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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