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This is an interesting book about Hikikomori written by Michael Zielenziger, it is interesting to read, and it gives a good view on certain parts of the Japanese society, how ever it also does make Japanese society look bad in my eyes with this problems.
Is there anyone else who have read this book?
I have also found an interview from him last week
Is there anyone else who have read this book?
The world's second wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries and a rising incidence of untreated cases of depression. Even more troubling are the more than one million young men who shut themselves in their rooms (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori" target="_blank">"hikikomori"), withdrawing from society, and the growing numbers of "parasite singles," the name given to single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or bear children.
Read more on his website
I have also found an interview from him last week