From my technorati search on hikikomori and Japanese culture, I have come across Minus-one’s blog entry on the film “All About Lily Chou-Chou“. It reminded me that the film was a groundbreaking presentation of the hikikomori phenomenon in Japan, linking it to violence and bullying at school.
Although there is no other student in HKU interested [...]
On 14 January 2006, Hong Kong Christian Service released a survey report on Hong Kong urban hermits. It was estimated that about 18,500 young adults and 540 students are socially withdrawn. A previous survey by the service put the number at 6,000 in early 2005.
This extreme form of social withdrawal is more common in Japan, [...]
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