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Black Box The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #Metoo Movement

Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #Metoo Movement

By Shiori Ito

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The internationally recognized sexual assault memoir that sparked a feminist movement against rape, stigma, and silence in Japan.

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Publisher: Feminist Press.
Publish Date: 07/13/2021
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781952177972
ISBN-10: 1952177979
Language: Eng

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The basis for the documentary Black Box Diaries, this riveting, sobering memoir chronicles one woman's struggle for justice, calling for change to ensure future victims of sexual assault can come forward without being silenced and humiliated.


In 2015, an aspiring young journalist named Shiori Ito charged prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi with rape. After meeting up for drinks and networking, Ito remembers regaining consciousness in a hotel room while being assaulted. But when she went to the police, Ito was told that her case was a "black box"--untouchable and unprosecutable.


Upon publication in 2017, Ito's searing account foregrounded the #MeToo movement in Japan and became the center of an urgent cultural and legal shift around recognizing sexual assault and gender-based violence. As international outlets covered every step of her story--even documenting it in the BBC film Japan's Secret Shame--this book launched a societal reckoning. At the end of 2019, Ito won a civil case against Yamaguchi.


With careful and quiet fury, Black Box recounts a broken system of repression and violence--but it also heralds the beginning of a new solidarity movement seeking a more equitable path toward justice.

About the Author

Shiori Ito (born 1989) is a freelance journalist who contributes news footage and documentaries to the Economist , Al Jazeera , Reuters, and other primarily non-Japanese media outlets.

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