Japan journalist Shiori Ito awarded ¥3.3 million in damages in high-profile rape case www.japantimes.co.jp

A Tokyo court Wednesday awarded ¥3.3 million ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former reporter at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of the #MeToo movement in Japan.
Yamaguchi denies any wrongdoing and had filed a countersuit against Ito, seeking ¥130 million in compensation.
Ito spoke out in 2017, shortly before the #MeToo movement, and this was “viewed as odd, especially in Japan,” she said.
When the #MeToo movement emerged, “I thought ‘It wasn’t only me!’ and I believe there were others who thought so too,” she said.
I knew what had happened but I couldn’t process it.”The police, who took weeks to open a criminal investigation, told Ito they were going to arrest Yamaguchi, she said — before they suddenly backed off.