A Tokyo court Wednesday awarded 3.3 million yen ($AUS40,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former TV reporter of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of the MeToo movement in Japan
A Tokyo court Wednesday awarded 3.3 million yen in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former TV reporter of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of theThe civil case made headlines in Japan and abroad, as it is rare for rape victims to report the crime to the police - according to a 2017 government survey, only four per cent of women come forward.
Shiori Ito’s civil case made headlines in Japan and abroad, as it is rare for rape victims to report the crime to the police in Japan.Yamaguchi denies any wrongdoing and had filed a counter-suit against Ito, seeking 130 million yen in compensation. Ito said that a major problem in Japanese media is the high proportion of men in decision-making positions but she added that the situation has begun to change with overseas harassment stories appearing in Japan and her story being told overseas.
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