A court ordered a former Washington bureau chief of a television broadcaster on Wednesday to pay 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages for raping journalist Shiori Ito, seen as a symbol of the "#MeToo" movement in Japan, where few sexual assault victims come forward.The Tokyo District Court recognized that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, 53, of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., known as TBS, "had sexual intercourse without the consent of Ito, who was in state of intoxication and unconscious."Yamaguchi, who covered political affairs for the broadcaster, said in a press conference later that day …READ FULL ARTICLE
