Public pressure led by grassroots organizations like the Flower Demo movement and highly visible international coverage forced the Japanese Diet (parliament) to initiate sweeping reforms over a multi-year period.
In December 2019, a Japanese court awarded Ito $30,000 in damages, ruling that the sexual encounter was non-consensual The "Fix" (Legal Reform): jade shuri ja rape fix
In 2015, Shiori Ito, then an intern at Reuters, accused Noriyuki Yamaguchi (a high-ranking TV executive with ties to the Prime Minister) of drugging and raping her during a business dinner The Legal Battle: Public pressure led by grassroots organizations like the