'Hula Girls' school in Japan marks 50th anniversary

IWAKI, Japan - Moana Rie (2nd from L), a leader of a Hawaiian dance group that shot to fame in the 2006 film "Hula Girls," and others meet reporters in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 9, 2014, about a performance set for July 9 in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a hula dance school.

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