The Scotsman

Japan’s Secret Shame

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This film, made over the course of a year, follows the story of Shiori Ito, who shocked Japan with a public allegation of rape, in a country where sex crimes are rarely discussed.

In May last year the 29 year-old journalist alleged that she was raped by a well-known TV journalist.

Through Shiori’s testimony, the film outlines her allegation­s against Noriyuki Yamaguchi, on the night the two met for a business dinner in Tokyo. Yamaguchi, the biographer of Japan’s Prime Minister, strenuousl­y denies her claims. After criminal charges fail to materialis­e, Ito pursues Yamaguchi with a civil case, and discovers that Japan doesn’t seem ready for a #Metoo movement as she is met with hate mail and public humiliatio­n.

Thursday, BBC2, 9pm

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