Question: How does Japanese familial structure affect how a family runs a business? Which gender is more important, the male or female? In the article "Adult adoptions: Keeping Japan's family firms alive", by Mariko Oi, the article explains how family businesses survive over the past century. In Japan, the oldest family business survived for 1,300 years due to adopting a son to carry the name. Whether it be a child or a daughter's husband, this method has been necessary for family businesses to survive. A famous example is the Suzuki car company, which has been led by adopted sons of CEOs. Many sons who have been adopted were scared to be adopted by another family who knew nothing about them, but they later accept that fate decided for this decision to happen. However, sons that are
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