A man preparing for the happy occasion of his marriage was shocked when local officials told him that he would not be allowed to marry, as government records had him registered as the family’s eldest daughter.
The man, in his thirties, had apparently been registered somehow as a daughter in the “koseki”, the official census records which underlay much local bureaucracy in Japan.
The bungling officials excused themselves thus:
When did you notice?
“When the man came to us to register his marriage. It was a holiday so when someone came to process the documents, they discovered he was registered as ‘eldest daughter’.”
Why did it take you so long to notice?
“The koseki was never used. The man was identified as ‘male’ on his certificate of residence. His driving lisence used this document.”
Did he have a female sounding name?
“Not at all, it was clearly male. Somebody made a mistake copying his name into the koseki. He even had an elder sister, so the family ended up with two eldest daughters. It’s 100% our mistake.”
So his marriage still isn’t on?
“Based on the law, his records must be amended before he can marry. We tried to correct his birth certificate, but it had already been destroyed by us. We had to chase up his mother’s records, and consult with higher up; we hope to have it revised tomorrow.”
And the “eldest daughter’s” response?
“This has been infuriating. The section chief of the bureau came to my house, and explained ‘At the start of your life, there was an inexcusable mistake’ and was so apologetic I did so much as raise my voice, instead dealing with him in a gentlemanly way. I’ll be going ahead with the marriage registration soon.”
Via ZakZak.
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Is there any context to that image? (In other words, is the bride a boy?)
reminds me of that king of the hill episode
So what would a hermaphrodite be registered as, if they had both pairs of genitalia and were androgynous?
Likely biologically, unless they were one of those crazy ass XXY types.
actually, one biological man on 250 is actually XXY without knowing it, the sex defining gene (SRY) being on the Y chromosome ;)
XXY people (klinefelter syndrome) can physically appear as anything from totally male with perhaps a reduced fertility, to a normal looking-woman with no uterus
wow just change it and let the man get married. didn't read the post though lol.
Clearly I have to ask the question nobody else will. Is he a hermaphrodite or what?
I had that same thought when I read the article title
No.
A government admitting it was wrong? Not just that even, but 100% their fault!
I would have thought it would be more likely they would have arrested him for misrepresenting his sex for 30 yrs.
On the plus side, maybe he would be sent to an all female prison and have to deal with a selection of cute female prisoners while falling into humourous situations and trying to hide his real identity
That apparently only happens at catholic schools.
Just awful.
What gets me is they know it's a mistake. They know that they messed up. And they still won't let the marriage take place until the records are fixed.
Way to ruin a wedding, assholes. If the man is smart (and he doesn't seem to be, since he's far too calm for a man who's been informed that he can't get married yet), he'll go through with the ceremony and then just formalize it legally later. A friend of mine did the same thing with a goverment SNAFU regarding his citizenship. (He's a citizen, she wasn't, but for some reason he wasn't listed as being one)
This is one of the many agreed upon drawbacks of living in Japan. It's very much a bureaucratic hell. If you want to do something you've always got to get the permission of someone higher up. In fact, it's one of my biggest peeves.
Poor guy!~ What a bad day he have.
"...instead dealing with her in a gentlemanly way. Errr... him! Dealing with *him* in a gentlemanly way! Dammit!"
doesn't anybody here question the fact that if he was female he couldn't marry? does this mean that you cant choose to get married if your a woman?i'm lost here,ahh who cares, i'm male, why should I bother
if he insisted with the marriage it would be registered that his sister married his wife...dumass
Nah, he could've married a man.
Really funny, if he were gay, he could've legally married despite it being illegal. LOL
Legalize gay marriage and this wouldn't have been a problem.
I find the legal definition of gender to be a silly and preposterous idea.
Man that would suck. XD But seriously, who would make such a mistake in the first place?
May the groom/bride kiss the other bride?
oh noes! you can't marry!
why?
coz you're a trap!
WWWWW
d(T___T)b
I bet these are the same guys posting here saying " it's a trap!"
Man I love that Barkhorn picture.
Sad thing is that it was probably made by someone in order to have a 2D wedding with her.
Same here.., and it seemed she finally wear something to fully cover her bare crotch.
and i thought these things happen only in anime
wow
what a result
Whoa! I thought this situation only happens in manga or eroge.
In Portugal, there have been some cases of people acused of certain crimes, just because their name is exactly like the real criminal, even though all the documents registered on the case have different numbers than those of the innocent person.
There has also been a case of a deceased person's family that received a letter from the local hospital informing the deceased person of a surgery that he/she was waiting for several years before his/her death.
It happens constantly in the US, in many areas.
-No Fly lists only use the name, so if you share one with one of the many people for some reason deemed unfit to fly, you can't either.
-People with an outstanding warrant (for anything) cannot get social security benefits, and neither can anyone sharing their name.
-many more things
Shit Happens :P
What a mess.
And a good reason why we should not allow the law to get involved IN THE SLIGHTEST in marriage, should anyone be nutzoid enough to actually WANT to get married.
Woh, calm down anon.
I find it more than slightly amusing that your avatar just happens to be Kyonko.
That was one really good mishap... I guess that's another way to genderbend yourself. I wonder what would happen if this happened to Tomoya?
that's a hint from the gods. don't get married.
So I guess he got Gender Rolled?
Poor guy, while it's an amusing predicament, it's still a rather dumb mistake.
So the future bride almost hook up with him...her...him....her, oh, gosh.(>.<)
What a mess...
I'm gonna sue some one if that happen to me.
UK have their same gender marriage and Japan have their TRAP marriage.woo hoo.Everyone wins.
is that mean he have to pay to correct his identity.The government should pay,it's all their fault.
it's a beautiful baby girl.
...but its got a penis!
I'll take care of that!
good thing that the government apologized and admitted on their mistake unlike some who doesn't admit it
yeah. what would happen if this was a crime and his name resembles the criminal or DNA that resembles that certain criminal? he wouldn't be able to prove his innocence, etc.... this happens a lot, and is very sad.
And I thought mistakes like that only happen to Greece. XD
I feel sorry for the guy. He should just sue them for ruining what should be the happiest day of his life...