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Shiori Ito, Japan
Shiori Ito is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her primary focus is gender-based human rights issues. She co-founded Hanashi Films, a Tokyo and London-based production company that has collaborated with NHK, BBC, and Al Jazeera, among others. In 2017, Shiori wrote the book «Black Box» based on her own experience of rape. The book reveals the sexism in Japan’s society and institutions, and won the Free Press Association of Japan Award for Best Journalism in 2018. It has been tran…