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The Tohoku tsunami is still remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in recent history. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the deadliest in history, killing over 230,000 people ...

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THAI tourism industry icon Wichit Na Ranong, managing director of the luxurious Indigo Pearl resort at Nai Yang Beach in Phuket, says, “I would say we had a very fast recovery after the tsunami.

James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.

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