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I have always found the adoption loophole to maintaining a family business hilariously smart.

I also understand why it’s not something common outside of Japan. Selling your family name in exchange for (maybe) keeping your business alive is distasteful at best.

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It's weird and shows how heinous the working culture is, salarymen are almost property of the company they work for
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I thought I was reading a summary about the Yakuza.
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