May 2025

Black Box by Shiori Ito (2018)

Nonfiction, 288 pages

Part of a 2-month series on gender in Japan.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault - if that is not something you want to read in your free time, please join us another month!

Set in the author's native Japan, Black Box is a first-hand account of Ito's attempts to find justice following a sexual assault by a well-connected journalist, and the obstacles she faced in the police, Japanese law, and social attitudes. Ito is widely credited with starting the #MeToo movement in Japan as an exceptionally brave survivor who dared to speak publicly about the assault she experienced.

Meeting details

Sunday 18 May 2025, 11:00am

Mimi’s Bakehouse, City Art Centre, 1 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE