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Dancers rehearse for the reopening of the Spa Resort Hawaiians, managed by Joban Kosan Co., in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Hawaiian theme park that propped up the economy of a rural Japanese town in Fukushima prefecture for 40 years was forced to close after the March 11 earthquake.

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