243:. She became intoxicated and was told to go back to the hotel where she alleges, Yamaguchi raped her. Yamaguchi denied the allegation, saying they had consensual intercourse. She said her experience with Japan's legal system showed her that victims of sex crimes were undermined and ignored. She called for the Japanese parliament to update Japan's laws regarding rape, which were over a century old. She explains how she could not get information on which hospital provides rape kits without going through a preliminary interview in person. When she went to the police, she was discouraged from filing a report, and informed her career would be ruined for no reason if she did this. She was told she did not act like a victim and had to be interviewed by several officers, including one who made her reenact the rape with a dummy while he took pictures. Although they initially said they would arrest Yamaguchi, the case and charges were unexpectedly dropped. Itō then went to the media, but no one would take her story. When she spoke about the experience at a press conference, she made national news and immediately started receiving negative backlash, hate mail, and threats. She has subsequently become the face of the
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countersuit against Itō, seeking 130 million yen (US$ 1,180,000) in compensation, claiming the incident was consensual and the ensuing accusations has damaged his reputation, although that suit was later turned down due to inconsistencies in his testimony. This ruling has garnered international press due to the lack of reported sexual assaults in Japan and the amount of societal and legal obstacles Itō had to endure for speaking up.
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December 2019 awarded Itō 3.3 million yen (US$ 30,000) plus additional fees in damages from Yamaguchi, however he stated that he will appeal the decision (she had initially sought from Yamaguchi 11 million yen (US$ 100,000) in compensation). Yamaguchi denied the charges and filed a
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Japanese high court upheld the lower court ruling in favor of Itō ordering Yamaguchi to pay 3.3 million yen to her. The presiding judge concluded that Yamaguchi began sexual intercourse with an unconscious Itō. The court also ordered Itō to pay 550,000 yen to Yamaguchi for damages for defaming
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in the US. She intended to study journalism, and attended a junior college while saving money to study abroad. She left Japan to study abroad in New York in 2012, where she majored in photography. She then transferred to Italy in 2013, and returned to New York in summer 2014, where she began an
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The journalist's move was called bold by many because of Japan's history when it comes to addressing issues such as rape. “Women journalists face severe consequences for raising their voice and we support Shiori’s move to approach this legally in one of the landmark cases in Japan and the world,”
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The Tokyo High Court awarded Itō ¥1.1 million on 10 November 2022 in a case against the cartoonist
Toshiko Hasumi, who had posted five tweets between June 2017 and December 2019 suggesting Itō's rape accusations were false. The tweets included an illustration of an Itō look-alike with the term
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reversed the lower court's decision and ordered Sugita to pay Itō ¥550,000 in damages. The High Court found that the "like" did express support for defamatory content against Ms. Itō and infringed on her dignity, moreover, the consequential wide dissemination of the negative post constituted
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Yamaguchi in September 2017 for sexually assaulting her in a hotel on 4 April 2015. Itō previously filed a police report in July 2016, although it was dropped by prosecutors for insufficient evidence.
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with no evidence. Both have appealed their rulings. The top court upheld the lower court ruling ordering
Yamaguchi to pay Ito 3.3 million yen in damages. The top court also ordered Ito to pay Yamaguchi 550,000 yen for defamation.
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to have halted the probe and arrest warrant. Ito subsequently filed a complaint with
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475:"Shiori Ito, la vérité kamikaze"
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