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Blowing the whistle on sexual violence by Hirokawa Ryuichi, a prominent Japanese human rights journalist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Tamura Hideharu ,
Sandi Aritza  and
Satoko Oka Norimatsu
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“Those who have power invariably attempt to conceal their victimization, so it is a journalist's job to go and report to the whole world what they are hiding,” veteran photojournalist Hirokawa Ryuichi said in an interview with author Ochiai Keiko in the Spring, 2019 edition of Tsuhan Seikatsu. Tsuhan Seikatsu is a triannual magazine published by mail-order company Catalog House that often runs politically progressive articles on topics such as nuclear power and militarism.

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , March 2019 , e5
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Copyright © The Authors 2019

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1 “Ochiai Keiko no shinkokyu taidan No. 35 with guest Hirokawa Ryuichi,” Tsuhan Seikatsu, Spring 2019 Edition, Catalogue House, pp. 179-84.

2 Tamura Hideharu, “Sekaiteki jinkenha janarisuto (Hirokawa Ryuichi) no seiboryoku o kokuhatsu suru,” Shukan Bunshun, January 3 & 10, 2019, pp. 236-41.

3 “2019 nen haru go ‘Ochiai Keiko no shinkokyu taidan’ ni kanshite,” Catalogue House, December 27, 2018.

4 Oshidori Mako, “Shukan Bunshun no Hirokawa Ryuichi shi ni kakawaru kiji ni kanshite,” OSHIDORI Mako & Ken Portal, December 26 (modified December 28), 2018.

5 “Dokusha no mionasama e,” DAYS JAPAN (website), December 26, 2018.

6 “Hirokawa Ryuichi kara no komento,” DAYS JAPAN (website), December 26, 2018.

7 In Japan, the term “Pawa harasumento,” or in short, “Pawahara” (from English words “power” and “harassment”) is used to refer to non-sexual harassment, verbal abuse, severe scolding, and intimidation by those who have more power against those who have less, often in the workplace.

8 “Minasame e,” DAYS JAPAN (website), December 31, 2018.

9 Taniguchi Mayumi's Facebook post on December 26, 2018.

10 Ito Kazuko, “Oshirase: Hirokawa Ryuichi shi ni kansuru hodo ni tsuite,” Human Rights Now, December 27, 2018.

11 Haruka Udagawa, “Photojournalist Hirokawa admits to coercing female magazine staff into sex,” Mainichi Shimbun, January 20, 2019. The original Japanese version came out on January 16.

12 Udagawa Haruka and Miyata Chika, “Hirokawa Ryuichi shi no harasumento, higai josei ga jitsumei shuki,” Mainichi Shimbun, January 31, 2019.

13 Tamura Hideharu, “Hirokawa Ryuichi wa watashi o ni shukan maiban reipu shita,” Shukan Bunshun, February 2019, pp. 40-43.

14 Hirokawa operated his own office, called “Hirokawa Ryuichi Jimusho (Office),” supposedly separate from DAYS JAPAN.

15 Tamura Hideharu, “8nin no josei ga higai kokuhatsu Hirokawa Ryuichi shi ‘seibouryoku kensho’ wa hokai jotai,” Bunshun Online, February 14, 2019.

16 “Hirokawa shi no seiboryoku nado 5 nin shogen ‘Kyofu de karada ga ugokazu,‘” Tokyo Shimbun, February 18, 2019, p. 22.

17 Satoko Oka Norimatsu, “Do Not ‘Human Rights’ Also Include Women's Rights?”, Shingetsu News Agency, January 8, 2019.