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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by icebraining on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:35AM (#22326013)
> being adopted along with marrying the daughter of the family.

How does that work? They become both husband and brother to the same person?

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by samatman on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:27AM (#22327325)
Yes, with the proviso that everyone understands that it's different and the taboo against incest doesn't kick in.

In practice what it means is that the couple adopts the family name of the wife, not the husband, which is the name associated with the family business that he's taking over.

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