Although the compensation was about one-third of what Shiori Ito had sought, the verdict Wednesday marked a victory for women’s rights in Japan and for the country’s nascent MeToo movement. Via washingtonpost
, but Japan’s male-dominated and pro-establishment media was reluctant to champion her cause, citing the lack of a criminal indictment. Instead, she faced threats and insults over social media, by email and telephone, as well as articles attacking her in a conservative magazine.
She braved the backlash and took Yamaguchi to court in a civil case. She wrote a book entitled “Black Box” about her experiences and the difficulties she faced getting information on her own case, let alone other similar cases.that only around 5 percent of rapes were reported in Japan, because of stigma in Japanese society, police indifference and reluctance to open a case, the difficulty of obtaining a guilty verdict and the risk of a backlash against the victim.Japan’s #MeToo movement.
Yamaguchi had sought about $1.2 million in compensation from Ito in a countersuit, and he demanded that she take out full-page advertisements in Japan’s newspapers apologizing for damaging his reputation. His lawyer accused her of delusion and paranoia.On Wednesday, Yamaguchi said he planned to appeal the verdict and maintained he had done nothing illegal.
“We presented a multitude of objective evidence that supports my arguments,” he said. “I am very dissatisfied with the court, which allowed Ito’s argument one-sidedly to be the truth.”Meanwhile, Ito is campaigning for changes to Japan’s rape law, which fails to mention the concept of consent and sets the legal age for sex at 13.
Still, Ito said she was glad the civil case had shed light on what happened to her and allowed witnesses to testify in a courtroom. She said the overall situation has begun to change for the better in Japan, however slowly.
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