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'Not the enemy': intimacy coordinator makes inroads in Japan

AFP, 23 Feb 2023
On a set outside Tokyo, Momoko Nishiyama sits by the director and watches as a man undresses a woman, guiding the love scene as one of just two "intimacy coordinators" in Japan. The country's movie industry has been hit by a string of recent sexual abuse allegations that have led to apologies, an actor pausing his career and even films being pulled. While Hollywood has embraced intimacy coordinators in the wake of the #MeToo movement, they are still relatively new in Japan.

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