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New Hawaii governor welcomed by Okinawa dance

HONOLULU, United States - Newly elected Hawaii Gov. David Ige (C) and his wife Dawn are welcomed by Okinawa's traditional "shisa" (lion-dog) dance at the state government building in Honolulu on Dec. 1, 2014. The paternal grandparents of the U.S. state's second Japanese-American governor migrated to the island state from the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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Police to use special guard box during Okinawa summit

NAHA, Japan - A policeman poses for pictures April 20 in a new ''shisa'' guard box, developed by Okinawa prefectural police to house security guards at the 2000 summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations in Okinawa Prefecture on July 21-23. The roof of the box has been designed in imitation of the red tile roof seen on traditional Okinawa houses and bears the motif of a ''shisa'' -- a lion believed in local folklore to fend off evil spirits.

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Yui Rail in Okinawa

Photo taken on June 21, 2018, in Naha in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa shows monorail cars of Yui Rail operated by Okinawa Urban Monorail Inc. and a statue of a traditional "shisa" lion, believed in local folklore to fend off evil spirits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo