Manabu Kurita shows off the 22.5-pound (10.12-kilo) black bass he caught at Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture in western Japan on July 2, Kurita, the 33-year-old self-employed worker caught what could be the world record if approved at the country's larget lake. record, the 22-pound and four-ounce bass, was caught by George W. Perry at Montgomery Lake in Georgia, USA, in 1972. [3145]