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Then, while standing aboard a U.S. warship docked near Tokyo, he heaped praise on new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for her plans to sharply boost military spending.

"I have had heaps and heaps of comments and questions from people saying, I suffer from mental illness, I watch what you're doing and it's inspired me to get off the couch," he says.

He also heaped praise on Takaichi, a conservative who became prime minister only last week.

"Everything you'd need to start exploring fungi and computing could be as small as a compost heap and some homemade electronics, or as big as a culturing factory with pre-made templates," said LaRocco.

Skipper and Indiana counterpart Curt Cignetti traded so many compliments this week, it was as if the coach who heaped the most praise on the other team would gain an advantage.