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[justincormack]

It is traditional in Japan to adopt people into family firms.

eg see http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-adoption-ra...

[billmalarky → justincormack]

Well that's an interesting solution! Japanese culture is not without its faults, but it is just so damn fascinating. Sigh... I need to go back.

[laurentoget → billmalarky]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_in_ancient_Rome

interesting similarity between Japan and ancient Rome, there.

[int_19h → laurentoget]

It's a rather common arrangement in many cultures where things are organized around families (which is most of them, at some development stage).