{"product_id":"black-box","title":"Black Box","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublication date: 24 June 2021\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback (198mm × 129mm)\u003cbr\u003eExtent:  224pp\u003cbr\u003eISBNs: 9781911284598 (print) \/ 9781911284581 (ebook)\u003cbr\u003eRights held: UK  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-b7dc92635b6743d7d597\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBY Shiori Ito \/ TRanslated from japanese BY Allison Markin Powell\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\" data-block-type=\"47\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1697742347529_36796\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1697742347529_36857\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, English PEN award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, 7th FPAJ (Free Press Association of Japan) Best Journalism Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Box \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003edetails the harrowing experience of sexual assault Shiori Ito faced as a young journalist in Japan, as well as the national reckoning that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2017, Ito went public with the accusation that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent TV journalist in Japan, had raped her two years previously. But when Ito had gone to the police after the assault, she was told that her case was a “black box”: it had happened behind closed doors and was therefore unprosecutable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIto became aware of the alarming amount of black boxes built into legal and investigative systems in Japan, and the inaccessible economy around legal advice for victims of sexual assault and gender-based violence. From the attitude of investigators to the difficulties retrieving time-limited security camera footage, Ito’s experience navigates the labyrinthine expectations placed upon victims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon publication in 2017, Ito’s account was integral to the #MeToo movement in Japan and became a necessary catalyst for cultural and legal change. As international outlets covered every step of her story – documented in the BBC film \u003cem\u003eJapan’s Secret Shame\u003c\/em\u003e – her book launched a societal reckoning. At the end of 2019, Ito won a civil case against Yamaguchi. In 2022, Japan's Supreme Court upheld a high court decision that Yamaguchi must pay damages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIto's personal story is the kernel of a searing journalistic exposé, exposing how Japan’s relatively low official rates of sexual assault mask a culture of victim-shaming and institutional failure on the part of the police, law and media to bring perpetrators to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"飛地·荷蘭 Nowhere Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56381536076102,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/8936\/4550\/files\/blackbox.jpg?v=1776255977","url":"https:\/\/nowherenl.myshopify.com\/products\/black-box","provider":"飛地·荷蘭 Nowhere Netherlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}