A Japanese high court on Tuesday ordered a former senior television reporter to pay 3.3 million yen ($28,990) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito in a high-profile rape case that helped spark Japan's #MeToo movement.Upholding a lower court decision in 2019, the Tokyo High Court ruled in favor of Ito, saying Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a 55-year-old former Washington bureau chief of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., had sexual intercourse without her consent in 2015.Ito, 32, had sought 11 million yen in damages, saying she was raped at a hotel while unconscious following a dinner in Tokyo w…READ FULL ARTICLE
