The Voice That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo Movement | Shiori Ito I One Young World

Shiori Itō is a journalist, winner of the 2022 One Young World Journalist of the Year Award, and the woman who sparked Japan’s #MeToo movement. In her film, Black Box Diaries, Shiori investigates her own sexual assault in 2017 and her struggle to secure the prosecution of her high-profile offender, exposing Japan’s outdated sexual offence laws, judicial systems and societal taboos in the process. In this conversation, Shiori discusses the making of Black Box Diaries, the impact of winning the Journalist of the Year Award, and how her case sparked landmark legal reform in Japan. Trigger warning: contains discussions of sexual violence Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - The Process Of Making Shiori Itos' Documentary Black Box Diaries 01:07 - The Impact of Receiving the One Young World Journalist of the Year Award 02:47 - Reclaiming Social Media Confidence After a Five-Year Break 03:42 - How Did Shiori Ito Navigate Breaking the Rules of Journalism? 05:13 - What Does It Take To Be a Journalist? 05:55 - Dealing With the Worldwide Release Of The Documentary 07:20 - The Power of Cinema 08:25 - What Were The Legal Outcomes Of Telling This Story? 09:37 - Shiori's Message For Survivors #Journalism #Japan #Documentary #GlobalCommunity