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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, sits on stage in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, receives a bouquet from one of her former dance students in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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'Hula girls' company gives donation to quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - President Naomi Inoue (2nd from front L) of Joban Kosan Co., an operator of hot spring theme park Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, poses with "hula girls" and others for a photo commemorating the company's donation of revenue from a recent hula performance to the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives Foundation at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014.

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Spa resort hula girls' 50th anniversary show

TOKYO, Japan - The hula girl dancing team of Spa Resort Hawaiians from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, responds to cheers from the audience at a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the dance team on July 9, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Spa resort hula girls perform at 50th anniversary show

TOKYO, Japan - The hula girl dancing team of Spa Resort Hawaiians from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, performs during a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the dance team on July 9, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Spa resort hula girls' 50th anniversary show

TOKYO, Japan - The hula girl dancing team of Spa Resort Hawaiians from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, performs during a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the dance team on July 9, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Spa resort hula girls perform in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the hula girl dancing team of Spa Resort Hawaiians from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform during a show to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the hula dance team on July 9, 2014, in Tokyo.

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'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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Doraemon appears in Hawaii for exhibit

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese comic character Doraemon is welcomed by girls dancing the hula at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 15, 2014. An exhibit titled "Meet! Doraemon: Japan's Time-Traveling Cat," featuring the character, will run through April 20 at the museum.

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Hula girl Licca-chan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, teach Licca-chan (2nd from R) to dance in Tokyo on June 13, 2013. Tomy Co. said the same day it will launch Licca-chan dolls wearing the costumes of Hawaiian and Tahitian dancers on July 10.

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Hula girl Licca-chan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, pose with Licca-chan (C) in Tokyo on June 13, 2013. Tomy Co. said the same day it will launch Licca-chan dolls wearing the costumes of Hawaiian and Tahitian dancers on July 10.

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Hula girl Licca-chan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, show off Licca-chan dolls in Tokyo on June 13, 2013. Tomy Co. said the same day it will launch the dolls wearing the costumes of Hawaiian and Tahitian dancers on July 10.

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Foreign minister thanks Fukushima Hula girls

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with a Hula girl from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Gemba thanked the Hula girls for their role as a goodwill ambassador at a Pacific island summit in Okinawa in May 2012.

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A ''maiko'' apprentice geisha (L front), receives a lei from a member of the Hula Girls dance group at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. A group of geisha and maiko from Kyoto visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster.

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Landladies from hotels and inns in Fukushima Prefecture and members of the ''Hula Girls,'' a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in the prefecture, dance during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Hula dancers at opening of Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - A team of hula dancers who appear in the documentary film ''Fukushima Hula Girls'' performs on the ecology-promoting Green Carpet at the opening of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011.

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'Hula Girls' in Fukushima Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - ''Hula Girls,'' a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, resumed their performances in the city on Oct. 1, 2011. They had suspended their activities for nearly seven months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

IWAKI, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform a dance on Oct. 1, 2011 in the city.

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'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

IWAKI, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, greet guests at the facility's entrance on Oct. 1, 2011. The leisure complex reopened the same day after suspending business for nearly seven months following the massive earthquake in March.

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High school hula competition in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Dancers from Kikai High School in Kagoshima Prefecture perform during a hula competition at Akiba Square hall in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sept. 4, 2011. The Kikai High School team won the Hula Girls Koshien competition for high school students. The event had originally been scheduled for late March in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, but was canceled due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

IWAKI, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Iwaki on May 12, 2011, for evacuees of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' that day began touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the disaster.

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Obama city residents delighted over Obama's presidential victory

OBAMA, Japan - Members of a hula dance team, dubbed the ''Obama Girls,'' perform to celebrate Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 5. Around 200 local people, U.S. students and Obama supporters gathered at a rally at a culture center in the city on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Iwaki Sogo wins high school hula dance contest in its hometown

Iwaki Sogo High School's hula team performs in the Hula Girls high school competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2015. The team won the top prize at the contest, which began in 2011 to help the recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwaki Sogo wins high school hula dance contest

Iwaki Sogo High School's hula team performs in the Hula Girls high school competition held in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2015. The team won the top prize in the event, which began in 2011 to help the recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama city residents delighted over Obama's presidential victory

OBAMA, Japan - Members of a hula dance team, dubbed the ''Obama Girls,'' perform to celebrate Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 5. Around 200 local people, U.S. students and Obama supporters gathered at a rally at a culture center in the city on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo)

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'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

IWAKI, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform a dance on Oct. 1, 2011 in the city. (Kyodo)

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'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

IWAKI, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, greet guests at the facility's entrance on Oct. 1, 2011. The leisure complex reopened the same day after suspending business for nearly seven months following the massive earthquake in March. (Kyodo)

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High school hula competition in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Dancers from Kikai High School in Kagoshima Prefecture perform during a hula competition at Akiba Square hall in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sept. 4, 2011. The Kikai High School team won the Hula Girls Koshien competition for high school students. The event had originally been scheduled for late March in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, but was canceled due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

IWAKI, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Iwaki on May 12, 2011, for evacuees of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' that day began touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Hula Girls on stage

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform there on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima spa resort fully reopens

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, line up at its entrance to welcome guests on Feb. 8, 2012, when the facility fully reopened 11 months after the March disaster. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)