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#MeToo in Japan: 'I was told not to bring shame on the country, with my story’

Journalist Shiori Ito spoke about her own experience of sexual assault in 2017 – a year marked by allegations against powerful men. Then came the backlash.

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Shiori Ito. Photo: Noffar Gat/www.noffargat.com. All rights reserved.

“I was told not to bring shame on Japan, by spreading this story,” said freelance journalist Shiori Ito, at a meeting in New York City on the sidelines of the recent United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) talks.