Tokyo, Nov 7, 2025 (AFP) - Japan to screen #MeToo film months after Oscar nomination

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2025-11-07

Japan will for the first time screen a documentary directed by a prominent campaigner in the country's #MeToo movement, months after it was nominated for an Oscar. Shiori Ito won a landmark 2019 civil case against a Japanese TV reporter accused of raping her -- a charge he denies -- and turned her ordeal into a film screened worldwide. But "Black Box Diaries" has until now not been distributed in Japan, where her former lawyers raised concerns ov......

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