DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Competitive eaters Asami Miyamishi, left, and Hitomi Sato chowed down yesterday at Korean BBQ Express at Ward Centre. They, along with four other Japanese women, are competing in a series of eating events for TV Tokyo's "Oogui No Ketteisen" ("Big Eating Contest") at various locations around Oahu. The contestants each have appetites large enough for them to eat at least 100 pieces of maguro (tuna) sushi. Yesterday's event did not seem like much of a competition; rather, it was just a warm-up for the TV cameras and finals tomorrow at the Waikiki Shopping Plaza.

RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
A 17-year-old boy, center, told police last night that he was walking home to Mayor Wright Housing at about 8:45 p.m. yesterday when a man jumped out of the bushes and slashed him on the arm with a machete. The teenager suffered a small cut on his right arm. Police were searching for the suspect, who was last seen running Ewa on North King Street.