One in 76 people in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward are “hikikomori,” or social recluses who do not go out for work or school and rarely interact with people outside their families, a survey showed. Many of them ...

As any parent with two or more children knows: personalities vary and are very much innate. This is not to say that genetics is destiny, but personality is where nature resides. Sure, it can be ...

Whenever we talk about loneliness, burnout, or quitting from life itself the word hikikomori comes up. It sounds exotic and ...

A new anti-social trend is sweeping the US with more and more men of prime working age falling victim to it. The trend has roots in Japan and is so prevalent the Japanese even have a specific name for ...

It's the social and health crisis plaguing almost one million Japanese people. The sufferers of 'Hikikomori' – mostly young men - have such severe social withdrawal they isolate themselves in their ...

Social anxiety disorders have become a common phenomenon worldwide, but a sociocultural variant of extreme social isolation called Hikikomori is becoming increasingly widespread among Japan’s youth.

1.5 million Japanese are living as recluses in their homes. (Representational) Hikikomori, a phenomenon of social withdrawal, is spreading rapidly in Japan, according to a government survey. The ...

As many as a million young people in Japan are thought to remain holed up in their homes - sometimes for decades at a time. Why? For Hide, the problems started when he gave up school. "I started to ...