I never really understood why, but playing with beetles and crayfish has always been a favorite pastime for Japanese kids. I remember going to the park near my elementary school and watching the boys pick these things up with their hands and play with them.
But this the first I've heard of the Beetle World Championships. The tourny was held today in Tokyo, and kids like these put numbers on their favorite beetles, put them in a miniature fighting ring, and made them battle until one prevailed as the ultimate beetle champion of the world.
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