I was drugged and raped — then I had to investigate my own sexual assault

In stories about sexual assault, you often hear of survivors’ bravery. Because with every rape they suffer two assaults; the original attack and then the aftermath, in which they have to negotiate their trauma while living a new, unwanted identity as a survivor. 

Journalist Shiori Ito is all too familiar with the concept – even unintentionally became the figurehead of Japan’s #MeToo movement ...