Pumpkin weighing 541 kg takes top prize

HOKKAIDO, Japan - Hokkaido farmer Shoji Shirai gets the first prize for producing a pumpkin weighing 541 kilograms in a contest in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 1. The pumpkin was larger than one that weighed 443 kg which he grew in 1998.

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