Synopsis
In Japan's cities, hundreds of thousands of young men are turning into recluses, refusing even to leave their rooms. Western psychologists describe this social withdrawal, or "hikikomori", as an epidemic. Reporter Phil Rees meets mothers whose sons have retreated into self-imposed exile in their own homes, asks what has driven young Japanese men into this hermitic existence, and what can be done to resolve the situation.
- Programme: Correspondent
- Episode: Japan: the Missing Million
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2002
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