Hula Girls

Fukushima's Hula Girls teach pupils positive...
The Hula Girls dance with pupils at municipal Minami Elementary School in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 17. (Gen Hashimoto)
May 19, 2013
FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture—The famed Hula Girls have started sharing their experiences of the 2011 disasters at elementary schools across the nation, beginning with a...
PHOTO: Disaster-hit Iwaki entranced by teens doing...
All the participants take to the stage at the end of the Hula Girls Koshien contest in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 19. (Naoko Kawamura)
August 20, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Students from 15 senior high schools staged stunning performances of hula dance here to encourage residents battered by last year's natural...
Hula connects evacuated teens to their hometown in...
Anju Matsumoto, front, and Minami Nagaike practice the hula at a public hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 2. (Takemichi Nishibori)
August 17, 2012
High school students Minami Nagaike and Anju Matsumoto, who had to evacuate from Fukushima Prefecture after last year's disaster, are coming home, thanks to the hula.
Hula Girls back on stage as Spa Resort Hawaiians...
Ayaka Okawara, a “Hula Girl” at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, smiles during a rehearsal. (Jun Kaneko)
February 09, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--The breezy, balmy sounds of Hawaii and the beautiful Hula Girls have finally come home to Spa Resort Hawaiians, a major hot spring resort here, to...
Fukushima's Hula Girls dancing their way to recovery
With a sway of the hips, the Hula Girls vow to wow and help reconstruct Fukushima. (Provided by Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.)
October 31, 2011
Faced with a nuclear disaster, what would you do? Evacuate, swallow iodine tablets, sue the government?
Tokyo film festival highlights power of cinema
Extras from "The Three Musketeers" carry an airship on the green carpet at the opening of the Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 22. (Sophie Knight)
October 25, 2011
This year's Tokyo International Film Festival opened Oct. 22 to great fanfare--literally.
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