Steep price: Ito received death threats after accusing a television newsman of raping her in 2015. — AFP
Tokyo: When Rinko Nakajiri was first raped by a producer who seduced her with the promise of a record deal, the 17-year-old singer kept quiet, terrified about her career prospects.
Twenty years later, the Tokyo housewife has long since abandoned the music industry and is facing her demons, encouraged by the global #MeToo movement triggered by rape accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
