The High Cost of Silence: Why Japan Shuts Up Victims of Sexual Abuse

BBC’s bombshell documentary on Johnny Kitagawa shows how toxic culture forces victims into silence

Yuko Tamura
Japonica Publication
5 min readApr 10, 2023

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Every Japanese person understands the wisdom of the three wise monkeys: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; if you can avoid seeing, listening, or speaking negative things, you…

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Yuko Tamura
Japonica Publication

Spreading Japanese women's real as a cultural translator. Writing for CNBC, The Japan Times, YourTango and more. EiC of Japonica.