America and Japan have the highest rates of adoption in the world – with one big difference. While the vast majority of adoptees in the U.S. are children, they account for just 2% of adoptions in Japan. The other 98% are males around 25 to 30. The reason? The strongest companies in Japan are run by families, where power is handed down from one generation to another, but what happens when the heir to the family business isn't up for the job? Rather than hand the firm to a less-than-worthy blood heir, Japanese families often adopt an adult to take over. Blood heirs are under the constant pressure of knowing that if they under-perform, they’ll be replaced.
http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/08/09/the-church-of-scionology-why-adult-adoption-is-key-to-the-success-of-japanese-family-firms/
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