Shiori Ito, symbol of Japan's MeToo movement, wins rape lawsuit damages.
A Japanese woman whose rape accusations against a prominent TV journalist turned her into a symbol of the country's fledgling #MeToo movement has been awarded 3.3m yen ($30,000) in damages. The district court ordered Yamaguchi to pay 3.3 million YEN in damages for raping Shiori Ito. Shiori Ito went public in 2017 with allegations that Noriyuki Yamaguchi who has close links to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ,had raped her two years earlier.
Police eventually handed the case to prosecutors, and an arrest warrant was issued for Yamaguchi ,but then suddenly dropped on the instructions of a senior police officer. Police Agency was told to cancel the investigation by Itaru Nakamura and Shigeru Kitamura who are members of Abe administration. That is Abe's order. A Racism Congresswoman ,Mio Sugita defends Noriyuki Yamaguchi who is a suspect of rape incident. Sugita and Yamaguchi are very close to Shinzo Abe. Reiko Chiba ,Toshiko Hasumi ,and Mio Sugita scheme to do Second Rape to Shiori Ito. Chiba and Hasumi belong to "Cult Happy Science". A racism creator ,Toshiko Hasumi is famous for agitating Hate Speech.