S: 被害届を出してから2カ月間、とにかく私が警察に話し、訴え続けました。ある捜査官からは、こうも言われました。「起こったことはふたりにしかわからない」――だから私は自分の本を『ブラックボックス』と題しました。事件も、手続きも、あらゆるところに密室ブラックボックスがある。'13年の調査では、レイプ被害者のわずか４％しか被害届を出していないんです。手続きが複雑すぎて整備や理解が十分でないために、日本だけではなくアメリカでも「最も届出の少ない重大犯罪」と呼ばれています。真実にたどり着けるのが、ほんのわずかだから。この捜査システムはまず変えなければと思います。

S: For two months I had to keep talking to the police, to convince them to make the investigation going. One investigator said these words to me: “Only the two of you know what really happened”. They used the term “black box”, which is how I titled my book, as I had heard it so often during the case, even from the prosecutor. Everything from the incident to the procedure was shrouded in this black box.
 Statistics from 2013 show that only 4% of rape victims report the crime to police in Japan. Rape is often considered the most commonly unreported serious offence, not only in Japan but also in the US, because it is a complicated matter to process, and systems are often lacking in preparation and understanding. And, in the end, it’s incredibly rare for the victims of rape to get the justice they deserve. The current investigation process serves a big part in concealing this truth.