The definition of "hikikomori"—people who avoid social participation and generally stay at home—according to criteria used by ...

Japan is one of the cheapest countries in the world to have ... You'd certainly get a lot of hikikomori and gay guys being forcibly recruited to the SDF under such mandatory military service. More ...

Japan faces a growing social phenomenon called ... Edogawa Ward officials said the survey results showed that many hikikomori are in the primes of their lives and living with their spouses.

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is a major social problem in Japan, with a 2023 government survey estimating that nearly 1.5 million people have withdrawn from society, rarely leaving their ...

Mikiko remained close to Jinya and helped establish a local association for parents of "hikikomori," or individuals who withdraw from society, and children experiencing chronic school absenteeism.

It's an adaptation of a masterful piece of speculative alternate history by the acclaimed mangaka Fumi Yoshinaga, where a deadly illness kills the majority of men in Japan. As a result ...

Japan’s unique culture is largely thanks to the extreme ... It also has the unpleasant accreditation of being the country to invent a severe social phenomenon known as hikikomori, where people submit ...

In BrokenLore: Don't Watch, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity watching from ...

It is a problem most skiers and snowboarders would pay to have. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has faced a chilling reality in recent years: warming winters, diminished snowfall ...