In the first ceremony of its kind, a company employee in Saitama yesterday officially married the company for which he works. Following the wedding, he has taken the company's name, and no longer needs to renew his contract annually.
"I'm very happy," said Mr Happy Flowers Auto Insurers. "I was a bit surprised when the pastor said 'I now pronounce you company and wife', though, because in a Japanese marriage it's usually the wife who controls the finances."
His family also approve of the match. "He spends all his time there anyway," said his mother, "and his work is all he ever talks about. He's clearly besotted."
This may not be the last such ceremony. "We're considering a Moonie-style mass wedding for all our single employees," said company spokesman Kenichi Happy Flowers Auto Insurers. "We're also offering a special bonus to any married employees who choose to divorce and remarry into the company. And of course, all company wives will be able to use their paid vacation allowance to spend their honeymoons at the office."
