The reason why Japan has the 2nd highest adoption rate in the world, why 98 percent of those being adopted are male adults between 20 and 30, and the problems with the adoption of children in Japan. – Presentation held by me in Garr Reynold's Japanese Management, Innovation and Education class at Kansai Gaidai University

1. inJapan Adoption
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5. #worldtoughestjob

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16. Jap2anwhaso threld’s ndhighest adoption rate
According to Oi Mariko (2012) Adult adoptions: Keeping Japan's family firms alive in BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19505088, retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

17. Jap2anwhaso threld’s ndhighest adoption rate
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According to Oi Mariko (2012) Adult adoptions: Keeping Japan's family firms alive in BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19505088, retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

18. Jap2anwhaso threld’s ndhighest adoption rate
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According to Oi Mariko (2012) Adult adoptions: Keeping Japan's family firms alive in BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19505088, retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

19. 98%of those
being adopted are adult males
According to Mehrotra, Morck, Shim, Wiwattanakantang (2009) Adoptive Expectations: Rising Sons in Japanese Family Firms,
http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/areas/finance/activities/documents/AdoptiveExpectations.pdf, retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

20. What the fuck? CENSORED
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21. Why?
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22. “In Japan, there is a
outsiders […] into the
[family to lead] the
family managed firm“
tradition of adopting
According to Mehrotra, Morck, Shim, Wiwattanakantang (2009) Adoptive Expectations: Rising Sons in Japanese Family Firms, http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/areas/finance/activities/documents/AdoptiveExpectations.pdf, retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
picture taken from http://infinityhousemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bigstock-The-Newspaper-Good-News-And-32238797.jpg – retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
Dubber S. (2013) Why Adult Adoption is Key to the Success of Japanese Family Firms, Freakonomics, http://freakonomics.com/2011/08/09/the-church-of-scionology-why-adult-adoption-is-key-to-the-success-of-japanese-family-firms/, retrieved Dec. 3rd 2014

23. ,
InJapan
adoption’smainpurpose
is tokeep thebusiness
in thefamily
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25. picture taken from http://infinityhousemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bigstock-The-Newspaper-Good-News-And-32238797.jpg – retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

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29. To be or notto be
Is there a problem?
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30. yes.
and no.

31. is the kids
?
why number of
being adopted
solow

32. help!
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33. help!
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39,000
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

34. help!
♂♀
39,000
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

35. help!
♂♀
39,000
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

36. help!
♂♀
39,000 7,500
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

37. help!
♂♀
39,000 7,500
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

38. help!
♂♀
39,000 500 7,500
According to Human Rights Watch (2014) Without Dreams http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/japan0514_ForUpload_1.pdf retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014
and
Lewis, C, (2013) Cultural and Legal Hurdles Block Path to Child Adoptions in Japan, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/issues/cultural-and-legal-hurdles-block-path-to-child-adoptions-in-japan/#.VHw056SsWG8, retrieved Dec. 7th 2014

39. Why?

40. 3 Reasons. Why?

41. #1
It’s a legalissue.

42. #1
Adoption
( taking a non-biological child
and make it legally and
)
emotionally indistinguishable
from a biological child
is
newto Japan.
According to Masaaki Yokota R. (2014) Adopting a child from Japan: one U.S. couple’s story in Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/21/issues/adopting-child-japan-one-u-s-couples-story/#.VHvudaSsWG8 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

43. #1
framework The legal
was finalized in1989
and is still focusedon the
biologicalparents.
According to Masaaki Yokota R. (2014) Adopting a child from Japan: one U.S. couple’s story in Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/21/issues/adopting-child-japan-one-u-s-couples-story/#.VHvudaSsWG8 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

44. #2
こせき
It’s a 戸籍issue.
family register

45. #2
ファミリ
お父さん
お母さん
子供
子供
According to Chapman, D. (2008) Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki in in The Asia-Pacific Journal, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Chapman/3565 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

46. #2
ファミリ
お母さん
ファミリ
お父さん
お母さん
子供
According to Chapman, D. (2008) Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki in in The Asia-Pacific Journal, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Chapman/3565 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

47. #2
ファミリ
お母さん
ファミリ
お父さん
お母さん
子供
According to Chapman, D. (2008) Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki in in The Asia-Pacific Journal, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Chapman/3565 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

48. #2
ファミリ
お母さん
ファミリ
お父さん
お母さん
子供* 子供*
According to Chapman, D. (2008) Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki in in The Asia-Pacific Journal, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Chapman/3565 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

49. #2
ファミリ
お母さん
ファミリ
お父さん
お母さん
子供* 子供*
According to Chapman, D. (2008) Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki in in The Asia-Pacific Journal, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Chapman/3565 retrieved Dec. 2nd 2014

50. #3
It’s a culturalissue.

51. Adoptionis
widely
#3
not
accepted within the Japanese society.

52. #3
Only 0,0001 of the Japanese
were adopted in the “Western“ way
%
Based on the assumption that since 1989, when the new law was introduced, the number of adoptions under the age of 16 was at 500 children per year.

53. How to solve it?
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54. no sample solution there is

55. but…suggestions

56. repeat what you did in the aftermath of the Great Disaster.

57. repeat what you did in the aftermath of the Great Disaster.
Easy | Support | Accepted

58. college students can v♥lunteer

59. Thanks for listening