Shiori Ito is a journalist, documentary film maker. Her main focus is gender based, human rights issues. At the 2018 New York Festivals, Shiori won a silver award for the film she directed, Lonely Death in the Social Issues category. Her non-fiction book on her own rape experience and Japan's sexual violence, Black Box (2017) won the 7th FPAJ’s (Free Press Association of Japan). The Best Journalism Award in 2018. Black box is now available in Japanese, Korean and soon will be in French, Swedish and Chinese.