Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

NARITA, Japan - Haruo Niyama, who won the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, an international competition for young ballet dancers, on Feb. 1, smiles as he arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. The 17-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture earned the highest marks among the 20 finalists at the competition.

Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

NARITA, Japan - Haruo Niyama, who won the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, an international competition for young ballet dancers, on Feb. 1, arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. The 17-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture earned the highest marks among the 20 finalists at the competition.

Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

Lausanne ballet competition winner Niyama returns home

NARITA, Japan - Haruo Niyama (C), winner of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne international competition for young ballet dancers, smiles as he is greeted by supporters upon arrival at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 5, 2014. The 17-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture earned the highest mark among the 20 finalists at the Feb. 1 competition.

Japanese ballet dancers finish 3rd, 5th at int'l event

Japanese ballet dancers finish 3rd, 5th at int'l event

Mitsuru Ito (L) and Rina Kanehara, both from Japan, poses for photos after finishing third and fifth, respectively, at the 43rd Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 7, 2015. Ito and Kanehara were among 20 finalists who competed at the international dance competition for young dancers aged 15 to 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

College student from Kyoto wins Miss Nippon beauty contest

College student from Kyoto wins Miss Nippon beauty contest

Miss Nippon 2017 beauty contest winner Shiho Takada (C), a 20-year-old university student from Kyoto, poses for photos with runner-up Kana Miyanishi (12) and the other finalists -- Yu Mikami (1), Azusa Miyazaki (5) and Aoi Nonaka (13) -- in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo