I saw a post here asking about this and it’s the first time I heard it
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Young people voluntarily living as shut-ins, not leaving the house. Therefore not having in-person social contact, romantic relationships/kids, or stable mental health.
You’re probably better off just searching that term for it if you want any more “why / how” info but here’s why people care: It’s obviously bad for the person who is shutting themselves off, but Japan cares as a country because it’s also bad for the country’s already dangerously-low-and-falling birth rates. Japan’s population is already not having even a self-sustaining number of kids, and also doesn’t want to allow more than a tiny amount of immigrants. That’s a bad combination, and way worse if young adults are increasingly swearing off all human interaction in favour of being bedroom hermits.
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