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Survivor of 150 Years of Turmoil Faces Abenomics Burial

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When Shigeo Aiba is worried about the survival of his company, it’s time to pay attention.

Aiba is president of Togo Seisakusyo Corp., a Japanese maker of industrial springs that traces its roots back more than 150 years to when Jyouuemon Aiba began repairing farm equipment among the rice fields of Chita peninsula 270 kilometers (170 miles) southwest of Tokyo.