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SHINOMAKI, JAPAN—Hideki Suenaga says he can understand how many people feel watching their stock holdings plummet during the most recent financial crisis.

For Mr. Suenaga and most of his friends in Ishinomaki, the March 11 tsunami took away almost everything they had, and now worldwide fears of a deeper recession could set back their recovery even further.

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