In most countries, adoption is about providing a home for a child. In Japan, however, it usually means something entirely different. Roughly 98% of adoptions in Japan involve adults rather than children, and nearly all of them are men in their twenties and thirties. The driving force is business succession. When a family-owned company lacks a suitable male heir, they adopt a talented young man to lead the firm and preserve the family name. This adopted son-in-law, known as a mukoyoshi, is typically married to the family’s daughter as part of the arrangement. The practice is so common that specialized matchmaking agencies now exist solely to link such families with ambitious young men open to being adopted. You’ve likely encountered the outcome without realizing it. Osamu Suzuki, the founder who turned Suzuki into a worldwide automobile giant, was originally born Osamu Matsuda. He was the fourth adopted heir in a continuous line to head the company.
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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