Gaming giant Nintendo said it will provide the same benefits to employees in domestic partnerships with a same-sex partner as those in opposite-sex unions — even though Japan outlaws gay marr…
Nintendo said it introduced the same-sex marriage policy in March 2021, but the company has now publicly acknowledged the change. In addition, according to Nintendo, the company revised its internal regulations regarding harassment to “clearly prohibit discriminatory comments based on sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as disclosing someone’s privately held sexual orientation against their will.
“Although same-sex marriages are not currently recognized under Japanese law, this system ensures employees who are in a domestic partnership with a same-sex partner have the same benefits as employees in an opposite-sex marriage,” Nintendo’s CSR site explains. “We have also established that a common-law marriage between couples will be observed in the same way as a legal marriage.”
Currently, Japan is the only member of the G7 group of developed nations that does not recognize same-sex marriages. Last month, a district court in Osaka
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