Shiori Ito’s searing indictment of Japan’s justice system in handling sexual assault cases is nominated for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards. By Kiuko Notoya and Martin ...

Shiori Ito’s Black Box Diaries may have lost to No Other Land at the Oscars, but both the filmmaker and her film have long been making waves in Japan. Black Box Diaries, nominated for best documentary ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows' cinematic director says that the aim was to let players "live" through Feudal Japan, not create a ...

Shiori became the face of Japan's MeToo movement after she accused a prominent journalist, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, of rape. He denies the charges. Her acclaimed directorial debut, based on her memoir of ...

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary "Black Box Diaries" is not only one of the most acclaimed films of the year, but also a high point in Japanese cinema. Nominated for Best ...

Black Box Diaries has raised legal and ethical concerns about use of certain video footage Shiori Ito poses with the Emerging Filmmaker Award for "Black Box Diaries" during The 40th IDA ...

This year, Japan has multiple reasons to rejoice, as two Japanese documentary films, Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries” and Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” and one ...

Pushing the genre and subjects into uncharted territories, these films address various issues fundamental to documentary filmmaking: privacy, authority, authenticity, and responsibility. They also ...

NHK's documentary presentation featuring Japanese animation master Miyazaki Hayao has attracted many fans in China.

After over 20 years serving his country, surviving a sinking ship and an extended period as a prisoner of war, Cyril returned ...

winning multiple awards along the way and garnering a best documentary nomination at the Oscars, a first in that category by a Japanese director. In her native country, where a 2017 government ...

Are Japanese cultural taboos or complicated legal hurdles behind the struggles to screen a film nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar? . | Credit: Andreas Rentz / Getty Images for ZFF Japanese ...