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Japan’s Lost Generation
Hikikomori has become a major issue in Japan. Loosely translated as "social withdrawal", Hikikomori
(31) to the state of anomie into which an increasing number of young Japanese seem to fall these days. Socially withdrawn kids typically lock themselves
(32) their bedrooms and refuse to have any contact
(33) the outside world. They live in reverse, they sleep all day, wake up in the evening and stay up all night watching television or playing video games. Some own computers or mobile phones,
(34) most have few or no friends. Their funk can last for months, even years in extreme cases. No official statistics are available, but it is estimated
(35) more than 1 million young Japanese suffer from the affliction. One
(36) young man was the protagonist of my latest novel, Symbiosis Worm.
Hikikomori is a consequence of the phenomenal growth of the J