Tag: japan politics

Nintendo recognises same-sex marriage despite still being illegal in Japan

As if we needed another reason to love Nintendo. The Japanese gaming giant has defied the law of the land and recognised same-sex marriage in their company manifesto citing its policy to enable employees to "fully realize their talents" Gaming outlets are reporting on this addition to Nintendo's Partnership System which last year revised their "internal regulations regarding harassment to clearly prohibit discriminatory comments based on sexual...

Same-sex marriage moves a step closer in Japan in run up to new PM election

With this weeks great news that Switzerland overwhelmingly voted in favour to legalise same-sex marriage, could Japan not be far away? One of the four leading candidates to take over as Prime Minster of Japan is an advocate for marriage equality. He is the leading contender to win the ruling party's leadership vote on Wednesday and become premier.   Gon Matsunaka, an LGBTQ rights activist in Tokyo...

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