Shiori Inamori Now

To the Western world, Shiori Inamori is often introduced as “the Japanese woman who took on the establishment.” She is the plaintiff in a rare, publicized rape case in a country where less than 4% of victims report the crime. She is the subject of the brilliant, agonizing documentary Japan’s Secret Shame . But to reduce her to a single legal battle is to miss the profound philosophical and cultural earthquake she represents.

She once said in an interview with The Guardian : "I don’t think I’m particularly brave. I just couldn’t live with myself if I had stayed silent." Shiori Inamori

She took the shame that was meant to silence her and pinned it back onto the system that created it. She forced the public to look at the prosecutors, the police, and the media executives, asking: Why are you not ashamed? To the Western world, Shiori Inamori is often

Shiori Inamori refuses to stay in that folder. She once said in an interview with The