Journalist Shiori Ito says was "desperate to protect" herself from rape

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who has accused an older male political writer of rape, said in a damages lawsuit Monday that she tried to stop him and was "desperate to protect" herself.Ito, 30, is seeking 11 million yen ($101,500) in compensation from Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a former Washington bureau chief for Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., known as TBS, who later published a best-selling book on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Yamaguchi has denied any unlawful act."I felt dizzy when I was dining together (with Yamaguchi), and when I woke up at a hotel I was being raped," Ito said in …READ FULL ARTICLE