Rakuten Bank Launches Housing Loans for LGBT (News) [October 4]
2017-10-10 18:10:54
Tokyo, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)—Japanese online bank Rakuten Bank said Tuesday it has launched a new housing loan service for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT people.
The service allows a same-sex couple to jointly take out a housing loan based on their combined incomes, just like conventional married couples, without any official document certifying same-sex partnership, such as the…