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She sparked Japan's #MeToo reckoning. Then she made a documentary about it

When Shiori Ito alleged at a 2017 news conference that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent TV journalist and friend of Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had two years earlier drugged and raped her ...
The New York Times

She Embodied Japan’s #MeToo. With a Searing Film, She’s Ready to Move On.

“Black Box Diaries,” a documentary about Shiori Ito’s fight against Japan’s patriarchal justice system, opens on Friday in the United States. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Fukuoka, Japan If there’s ...
WGHP

Award Winning Documentary Unveils the Hidden Crisis of Child Poverty and Single Motherhood in Japan

The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan Australian filmmaker Rionne McAvoy's documentary film explores Japan's unknown ...
The New York Times

Documentary Filmmaker Explores Japan’s Rigorous Education Rituals

Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. By Motoko Rich ...
Los Angeles Times

She sparked Japan’s #MeToo reckoning. Then she made a documentary about it

When Shiori Ito alleged at a 2017 news conference that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent TV journalist and friend of Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had two years earlier drugged and raped her ...