More than 90% of adoptions in Japan are not of children, but of people over 20 years of age, mostly
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00:00 More than 90% of adoptions in Japan are not children, but of people who are 20 years of age, mostly men.
00:12 This practice is due to the fact that many Japanese companies are family businesses.
00:18 When the owner of a business does not have his own son, or the sons are not capable, or do not show interest in managing the company,
00:28 the owner accepts a capable young man into his family, who becomes the man here.
00:35 Often, this procedure is accompanied by a marriage between an adopted child and the daughter of the adoptive father.
00:47 (cat meows)