Nintendo, long overseen by men, wants to add three women to its board of directors

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Nintendo is nominating more women to its board of directors, in a striking effort that would diversify the team overseeing the world’s most popular video game maker.

The move, which Nintendo tucked into a financial report issued Tuesday morning, would further break open a gender barrier that first cracked in 2020, when the company added its first female board member in its 130-year history.