Shiori Ito took on a powerful journalist and the Japanese legal system after an alleged date rape, turning the ordeal into 'Black Box Diaries,' a documentary that premiered at Sundance.

Black Box Diaries, nominated for best documentary feature at the 97th Academy Awards, follows Ito's investigation into the sexual violence she suffered herself.

Channel 4 and 4 On Demand will broadcast a harrowing Second World War documentary this weekend 80 years after the atomic bomb ...

Yamagata Prefecture, lying roughly 300 kilometers north of Tokyo on the Sea of Japan side of the Tohoku region, is blessed ...

Graham Kolbeins' new documentary 'Queer Japan' is a colorful and sometimes dizzying portrait of LGBT life in several major Japanese cities, starting with Tokyo.

While Yamagata Prefecture is famed for its snow-deep spa resorts, Asian filmmakers head to the mountains there to hone their ...

Titled, Journey Home, the documentary delves into the stories of Japanese orphans who were left behind in China following ...

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary "Black Box Diaries" is not only one of the most acclaimed films of the year, but also a high point in Japanese cinema. Nominated for Best ...

The latest issue of the highly recommended Japan or Die Newsletter has review of Ramen Heads (2017), a documentary about Japan's dedicated ramen culture. The documentary focuses on Osamu Tomita ...

Journalist and #MeToo campaigner Shiori Ito apologised recently to those featured in "Black Box Diaries" without their permission, addressing a dispute over the Oscar-nominated documentary not yet ...

The practice was made famous in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove." Dolphin hunting season has commenced in the small village of Taiji, Japan, with a quota to kill more than 1,400 ...