Nintendo Japan recognises same-sex marriage, despite Japanese law

Nintendo Japan has updated the Corporate Social Responsibility Information on its website to recognise same-sex marriage, even though it's banned in Japanese law.

A new section called Introduction of a Partnership System notes that since March 2021, employees in a domestic partnership with a same-sex partner have the same benefits as employees in an opposite-sex marriage.

"We have also established that a common-law marriage between couples will be observed in the same way as a legal marriage," it reads.

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