National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Students from Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform during a national high school hula dance competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2014, en route to winning an excellent performance prize. The event was held to encourage people still trying to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, shows her soccer ball control skills before reporters in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal.

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, holds a press conference in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal.

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, shows her soccer ball control skills before reporters in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal. (Kyodo)

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, holds a press conference in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal. (Kyodo)

National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Students from Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform during a national high school hula dance competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2014, en route to winning an excellent performance prize. The event was held to encourage people still trying to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo)