The definition of "hikikomori"—people who avoid social participation and generally stay at home—according to criteria used by ...

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 ...

It's estimated over a million Japanese live as "hikikomori," recluses totally withdrawn from society. As the parents they depend on age, many now face a dire situation, left alone and unable to cope.

One in 76 people in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward are “hikikomori,” or social recluses who do not go out for work or school and rarely interact with people outside their families, a survey showed.