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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by RandallBrown on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:07AM (#22324101)
> regardless of the age of adoption

Are adult adoptions common at all?

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by keiferski on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:29AM (#22324406)
Becoming a son-in-law or daughter-in-law certainly counts in this context.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by regularfry on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:49AM (#22325810)
This is apparently a very common thing in farming.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by adrianN on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:34AM (#22324694)
Pretty common to save tax on inheritance I'd say.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by tshanmu on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:35AM (#22324702)
it is quite common in the part of India where I come from.
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