10-yr-old succeeds spinning top performing arts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 29, 2013, shows Kazuma Yoshitomi, a successor of the traditional performing arts of spinning tops called Chikuzen Hakata Koma. Only a fourth grader, he assumed the name of Chikushi Juraku as the successor to a line of artists.

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