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Feb 17, 2012

Tokyo: Husband of U.S. Diplomat Recognized

Brazil News

| TOKYO – Japan has granted diplomatic status to the gay Brazilian husband of an American diplomat. Although Japan does not recognize homosexual marriage, in an unprecedented case, Tokyo has given a diplomatic visa to Emerson Kanegusuke, 39, the husband of the United States Consul General for Osaka-Kobe, Patrick Joseph Linehan, 59.

American diplomat Patrick Joseph Linehan and Brazilian husband Emerson Kanegusuke. Kanegusuke given diplomatic recognition by Japan

Patrick Linehan and Emerson Kanegusuke (Photo: Personal Archive/BBC Brazil)