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Japan to Recognize Foreign Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
" A legal union, you're rounding third base"
27 March 2009
As reported by the AFP, Japan's justice ministry has issued a directive that will allow Japanese citizens to marry partners of the same-sex in foreign countries that allow this. So, while Japan is no Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Massachusetts, or Connecticut (all of which allow same-sex couples to marry, but it's now ahead of the vast majority of U.S. states on this issue.
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Categories: marriage recognition Japan
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