Nintendo Formally Acknowledges Same-Sex Marriage, Despite Japanese Law

The Japanese multinational video game company Nintendo announced they would recognize gay marriages regardless of the country’s rulings. Nintendo released a statement assuring their LGBTQIA+ employees that they see them. The company publicly spoke about its “Partnership System,” which states that “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.”