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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 Socially withdrawn kids typically lock themselves (32) their bedrooms and refuse to have any contact (33) the outside world.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

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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 Socially withdrawn kids typically lock themselves (32) their bedrooms and refuse to have any contact (33) the outside world.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

[填空题]Hikikomori has become a major issue in Japan. Loosely translated as "social withdrawal," Hikikomori refers to the state of anomie into which an increasing number of young Japanese seem to fall these days. Socially withdrawn kids typically lock themselves in their bedrooms and refuse to have any contact with the outside world.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.
(8) Their funk can last for months, even years in extreme cases. No official statistics are available, but it is estimated that more than one million young Japanese suffer from the affliction. One such young man was the protagonist of my latest novel, Symbiosis Worm.
Hikikomori is a consequence of the phenomenal growth of the Japanese economy during the latter half of the 20th century and the tremendous technological progress the country made during that time. Japanese youth could not afford to be social

[单项选择]Japan has taken a more independent stance （）
A. as it does before
B. as it did before
C. than it does a few years ago
D. than it did a few years ago

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Japan has a problem many other countries would envy—its workforce works too hard. Curing Japanese workers of disease "workaholism" is proving a difficult job, partly because many of them like work better than anybody else, experts say.
Last month, the Japanese government passed a law for a 40-hour working week, down from 48 hours, to let people spend time away from the office or factory. But it could be many years before average work hours fall to the new level.
In 1985, Japanese workers worked an average of 2 168 hours a year. But people in Britain worked 1 952 hours, the United States 1 924, West Germany 1 965 and France 1 643. Many Japanese workers work long hours not only because of devotion and pleasure of the job, but also because of fear and inefficiency (无效，不称职).
Many people feel that if they raked week off, they will lose touch with the business and fall behind other people. So they would rather stay at their desks. It is also cons
A. loves one’s work too much
B. has to de a very difficult job
C. works long hours in a place
D. suffers a lot at work