In Japan, the issue of declining birthrates is currently the subject of much debate. Both hikikomori and the declining birth rate are thought to be caused by something in the development of civilization that prevents people from moving tow…

I am so much worried about my best friend. She has become a hikikomori for four years. I wonder what on earth she is going to do with her future life. So I decided to write an email to the HIKIPOS editorial team and to ask what I could do.…

How the Italian hikikomori passed through the Covid-19 peril? What is the relationship with parents like? Alessio in Piemonte is answering.

Until a couple of years ago, it had been said that hikikomori was a Japanese culture-specific syndrome. This has been disproved since we recognized hikikomori can be found in many other countries. However, there are still times when it see…

I am often asked what is the secret to being able to walk the difficult path of becoming a psychiatrist in a country of a different language. Here is my answer. "I have a high tolerance for failures."

It's been two years since we interviewed Fran, who is currently enrolled in a doctoral course after completing her residency to become the first Italian psychiatrist in Japanese history to specialize in hikikomori.

The concept of "Hikikomori Supported by the Local Community" has become popular amongst professionals in the field of hikikomori support in Japan. But how are we, Japanese hikikomori, thinking of it?

Here we have a typology of families in Japan with hikikomori as a problem. The child cannot raise his or her voice against the stream because the parent(s) have a solid reputation in the local community already.

An intellectual adventure that approaches the concept of hikikomori from different angles.

Getting used to it. For me, that means to despair of the world.

Experiments in the mid-20C had shown that if rats were allowed to breed in a privileged environment where they had access to as much food and water as they wanted, a certain number of them would become "hikikomori" rats.

How does Viet Anh, who became a "semi-hikikomori" while studying in Japan, view Japanese society? An excellent short film piece based on our magazine "Hikipos".

The origin of the isolated years had memories of what looked like a drop of black paint on the surface of quiet lake. It was a summer vacation that started as usual, as everywhere.

As a "Proudly Former Hikikomori" in India, I am sending my message to you, to all the hikikomori in the world.

This idea is still in an embryonic phase and it will take time to complete it, but we are confident that in the future it will develop its full potential by knowing new people who can bring new ideas and stimuli to the project. He sees the…

Thinking that suffering is worth it. - Believer in Pain My body that remembers the comfort to suffer. That sense distorts my path of living and takes human dignity away from me.

The certificate was telling me that my parents are alive in their 80s. I recalled my last phone call with Father, which happened 20 years ago. Here is a story of "80-50 Issue" of Hikikomori in Japan.

While the lives of normal people are shaken, there is no fundamental change in the lifestyles of hikikomori and futoko. The hikikomori way of life, which has little direct interaction with others, could be the future standard of living.

I am becoming an “adult” that I didn't want to be that much I confined “myself” in my vessel in the past Because I stack to being pure... Painful feelings described by a hikikomori girl.

Africa is not a hard society in terms of human relationship and poverty than you think. Even if you can’t support yourself financially, our culture doesn't allow you to be hungry. Your family and relatives would always bring you something …

"Hikikomori is found only in highly developed countries" Some specialist of hikikomori declare, but here is a testimony to turn it over. A hikikomori in Cameroon, Africa, talks about his philosophy that he reached after his hikikomori year…

Why hasn't humanity eradicated the use of phones, since emails are now a widespread thing? Telephone is something you have to fight with all your mental power. Here are some very personal ways of coping with phone calls, from my real life …

"What do you think is the reason hikikomori has been increasing in Japan recently?" That's the question I am often asked. Wait a minute. That's a tricky question. Then I always ask back to them to find out how much they know about hikikomo…

The "normies" wouldn't understand the feeling "I want to take a bath but can't". The bathtub looks to be such a high hurdle for some people. You'll see it here...

If you draw a triangle connecting a tojisha of hikikomori, parent and society, the shape will be different in Japan and Europe. So is the relation between individuals and society. For, Japanese has the word such as "seken-sama"...

Do hikikomori ever get bored of spending years alone? To this naive question, KIKUI Yashin clearly answers: “No”. And here's the true reason why he says “hikikomori don't know rest”. A tojisha note, in his characteristic wording, brought t…

My life may be economically more stable if I become a psychiatrist in Italy, but that is not the point. The reason I chose this difficult path is that I wanted to be fully immersed in the culture that gave me the power to live on and saved…

A fresh feeling that a Japanese ingenious and unspoilt hikikomori girl has. It must be including something common, not only in Japan but to many hikikomori girls all around the world. It may not be "culture" any longer. Here is one shape o…

We are sending you these articles as tojisha of hikikomori. But for what purpose are we speaking out? What can be done by it, and what cannot? Let's go back to the basics and think.

A psychiatrist who is not native in the Japanese language but specializing in hikikomori in Japan is about to be born. Francesco Pantò, from Sicily, Italy, commonly known as Fran. This is the new series to tell what he is, with beautiful p…