Heed the disclaimer while reading on, for hereby discussed is one such cultural specificity — the hikikomori phenomenon. I implore you to look beyond the implicit uniformity of pop culture.

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 ...

In Japan, the problem is so acute that it has a name: Hikikomori. A hikikomori is defined as someone who withdraws from society, not attending school, work, or other activities, for more than six ...