Tsukuba, Japan—Although the need for support for "hikikomori"—people who avoid social participation and generally stay at home—has recently been increasing, how to define hikikomori in terms ...

This episode features business models designed to help Japan's hikikomori (individuals who have withdrawn from society) to socialize, learn, and even find employment. *Subtitles and transcripts ...

He doesn’t have a job and stays at home all day. 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 ...

Hikikomori is a form of severe social withdrawal amongst adolescents and young adults that was first described in Japan in the 1990s. However, now one of the leading researchers in the field, Dr ...

it could encourage people to seek help quicker, notes Kato. The team is now gathering data from larger cohorts to validate these biomarkers for depression. Testing for hikikomori Hikikomori is a ...