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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by austhrow743 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:54PM (#22323601)
Sure but you would't then advertise it as having been in the family for a thousand years.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by swampthing on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:09PM (#22323666)
The article is about century+ old businesses in general, of which family-run ones are a subset.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by austhrow743 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:39PM (#22323799)
The article doesn't mention temples being burned down at all.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:06PM (#22323652)
But you might still say "family run for a thousand years"
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by Barrin92 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:32PM (#22323769)
more as ad advertisement slogan though. I've never seen someone in the west adopt another adult just to authentically continue a legacy (outside of European monarchies maybe). There is a sense of tradition to these Japanese companies that one doesn't see so often outside of Japan.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by aurelianito on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:43AM (#22326939)
Romans used to do adult adoptions. Off the top of my hat, I clearly remember that Cesar adopted Brutus, his killer, as an adult.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:26AM (#22324172)
Thoroughly agree.
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