Why is the hikikomori phenomenon in Japan being treated like a national crisis? Are there legitimate health concerns involved or is it more related to culture?
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It’s obviously a mental health concern.
It is related to their culture, but in almost any culture if you had hundreds of thousands of young men suddenly becoming reclusive hermits then it’d likely be the precursor to some bigger problem coming.
Isolated young men like that are huge targets for cults, extremist groups, radicalization etc… it’s that sort of thing that ultimately ends up in other countries as serial killers, mass shooters, terrorists, racist, sexist and other hate groups etc…
It’s definitely a sign that somehow your society is failing these people
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