This series of documentaries, featuring films made from the ... Vinicius Navarro, Sadai Yuji (Bitters End, Inc.), Shirasaki Kanako (Japan Foundation), Nancy Hao Wang Asia Society’s purpose is to ...

Shiori Ito became one of the faces of Japan's #MeToo movement. Her documentary about that experience, 'Black Box Diaries,' is ...

Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries” and Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s “Instruments of a Beating Heart” both mark firsts in their ...

Shiori Ito’s film about her own alleged sexual assault has been screened at over 50 film festivals and won multiple awards ...

Futons and martial arts-trained police play a part in Japan's low gun crime. Just one person was killed with a gun in 2015 – a mob crime boss – and in the same year, just six shots were fired by the ...

A Japanese Oscar-nominated documentary is winning world acclaim. We talked with Ema Ryan Yamazaki, the director of "Instruments of a Beating Heart," for her insights into Japan's society and culture.

When freelance journalist Shiori Ito won her lawsuit against prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi in a rape case in 2019, it seemed like one of Japan’s most high-profile #MeToo cases had come ...

Her advocacy challenging Japan’s society norms toward sexual assault is featured in her documentary “Black Box Diaries.” But the film’s portrayal of sexual violence and use of contested ...

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Shiori Ito’s searing indictment of Japan’s justice system in handling sexual assault cases is nominated for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards. By Kiuko Notoya and Martin ...