Hikikomori, or social withdrawal youth has become one of the most pressing social issues in Japan and this phenomenon is increasing in other countries as w
Moreover, both Toivonen and Imoto [59] and Abel [60] discuss the case of otaku (i.e., an individual with consuming interests, such as anime or manga) and the Cool Japan initiative in terms of the fluidity of the meaning and interpretations of such social categories, where the original ...
A cross-sectional study was designed to understand the impacts of “hikikomori” lifestyle on physical health. A total of 104 eligible hikikomori cases were recruited from the social services network of Hong Kong with a mean age of 19.02 ± 3.62 (ranged