This book is a step toward making such hopes not an impossible dream." -Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman
I hope that someday we can progress further to a world where there are no such screams. I hope that these cries will not be silenced. Behind her words are the cries of countless others who did not speak up because of the intense pressure against them. The vital urgency of Shiori Ito's record forces us to recognize the existence of the many similar cases that have gone unrecorded. "These are not the words of a victim, but of a serious journalist. With careful and quiet fury, Black Box recounts a broken system of repression and violence-but it also heralds the beginning of a new solidarity movement seeking a more equitable path toward justice. At the end of 2019, Ito won a civil case against Yamaguchi. As international outlets covered every step of her story-even documenting it in the BBC film Japan's Secret Shame-this book launched a societal reckoning. Upon publication in 2017, Ito's searing account foregrounded the #MeToo movement in Japan and became the center of an urgent cultural and legal shift around recognizing sexual assault and gender-based violence. But when she went to the police, Ito was told that her case was a "black box"-untouchable and unprosecutable. After meeting up for drinks and networking, Ito remembers regaining consciousness in a hotel room while being assaulted. In 2015, an aspiring young journalist named Shiori Ito charged prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi with rape. Black Box is a riveting, sobering memoir that chronicles one woman's struggle for justice, calling for changes to an industry-and in society at large-to ensure that future victims of sexual assault can come forward without being silenced and humiliated.
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