Local and national authorities in Japan have even launched mental health services and home visits to those affected by ...

He has been what's called a “hikikomori" on and off for about 30 years, since dropping out of university in his early 20s. Japan's health ministry defines hikikomori as a lifestyle in which a ...

Hikikomori, first seen in 90s Japan, is now a global phenomenon. In France, Tadaaki Furuhashi brought awareness and treatment, with rising cases due to social anxiety and unemployment. Dr ...

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Hide had become "withdrawn" or hikikomori. In Japan, hikikomori, a term that's also used to describe the young people who withdraw, is a word that everyone knows. Tamaki Saito was a newly ...

It was the first study by the Cabinet Office into the phenomenon of “hikikomori” among people ... social recluses means that about one in 50 Japanese rarely leaves home. But Cabinet Office ...

It also covered social issues, such as “hikikomori” recluses. Unable to find a place in Italy where he belonged, Panto identified himself with recluses in Japan and felt an intimate connection ...

At least half a million young men in Japan are thought to have withdrawn from society, and refuse to leave their bedrooms. They’re known as hikikomori. Their families often don’t know what to ...

Testing for hikikomori Hikikomori is a major social problem in Japan, with a 2023 government survey estimating that nearly 1.5 million people have withdrawn from society, rarely leaving their ...