“Japan Has 3,600,000 Hikikomori”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 6, 2010 23:37 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bizarre, Hikikomori, Internet, Otaku, Politics, Statistics
Japan’s Minister of Internal Affairs has announced that the government finds there to be a total of 3,600,000 hikikomori in the country, and stressed the need to tackle the supposed problem.
The precise methodology the ministry used to come to this figure, and what it defines a hikikomori as, are however not clear – it would be far from the first time a government has manufactured dubious statistics in order to support its desired legislation.
It should also be noted that nobody has yet presented evidence (except perhaps the mass media and politicians) that the population of “hikikomori” in Japan is any higher than in other countries – socially isolated people exist in large numbers in any society.
2ch seems a fitting place to draw comment from:
Japan’s finished.
There’s no way there are that many!
You guys are probably included in the figure.
Last time it was 1 million. Now it’s 3. It’ll exceed Japan’s population soon won’t it?
We could launch a coup d’etat with that many.
We’ll be in the majority, it’s only a matter of time.
One person in 40 is a hikikomori?
We can make our own country!
We never see hikikomori so we have no idea how many there are…
That’s more than Moldova.
How the hell did they count a bunch of shut-ins?
They must at least go to the convenience store. It’s unbelievable that there are so many “ultimate hikki” who never so much as set foot outside.
Shouldn’t we start a party? Japan Hikikomori Party.
Hikikomori, NEETs, dispatch workers, suicides… there are too many in this country, what the hell is wrong with Japan, is it crazy or something?
Parents are at fault. Why don’t they just throw them out?
In a few decades the Japanese will all be indoors and outside will be nothing but Chinese.
Force all those damn hiki into the army, that’ll sort them out.
That’s 2.77% of the population. It’s a lie.
On the other hand, it would be pretty amazing for 97% of the population to be active members of society.
If 2ch were closed their population would plummet…
3.6 million votes are sleeping.
It’s an estimate. A pro-hikikomori can’t be detected by such means. The government’s 3.6 million are just the amateurs.
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I wish I was a hikikomori...
But hikikomoris do go come out to shop.
Too bad, its only during the summer and winter Comiket.
Everything else is ordered and delivered at their door step.
You guys are probably included in that figure
i see what u did there...
I'm an AB type otaku, so maybe, but I'm mostly an extrovert during the day since I have a life to sustain ^^
That wouldn't make them a hikkikomori.
You seem to have forgotten Wonfes(es?).
I fap my life...am i a hikikimori¿?
I am. :D And fuck that, "Force all those damn hiki into the army, that’ll sort them out." Well come back and kill all of you that did. That'll sort you "out."
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how high % do you think the chances are of any of those being girls.
Less than the chance of them being attractive?
Actually, out of those 3 million a percentage of them have to be female statistically speaking; and Japanese women are usually pretty hot unless they get REALLY fat, which is hard on a Japanese diet.
UH HUH?? What's hot in yellow skin and eyes str8 from the down syndrome nightmare?
...this anonymous is blinded by the yellow fever.
the world balance will crumble when we are let out of our safe haven. we complete this world we dont need your help!
Jap women are no prettier than any other nation's women, fuck you, nigger.
I am a hikikomori, that is because I am too beautiful; boys are ugly in my area...zetsuboushita.
im a hikamori but only because im in college and only goto school and sleep
that is an outrage
Wait, so living in a dorm and not going outside your university counts as a hiki? Seriously?
he's a wannabe, thats all.
unfortunately
Welcome to the NHK was an awesome anime, i've never had a problem with hikikomori.
Cause u canteven see them in their home
Silence anon, Hikikomoris are awesome, or so they make it seem on Welcome to the N.H.K, anyhow, if they want to be indoors and not-work, fucking let them! Screw those shitty "let's make them active" bullshit programs.
Totally agree with zyst and 00:13, just let them. Not work isnt criminal.
if you are one of the many leaders of a country and if you see someone just bumming around what do you think you would do?
Lighten Up and face the fact that you can't be a capitalist society if you want to force Hikikomoris to become sociable.
I have no problem with people isolating themselves and not working
Except when i have to pay for it
Fekin taxes...
i don't have problem with hikikomori but i think it's better for them to go out side 'cause live in their garbage is not good for health.
Wow, someones proud.
@Anonymous 00:02
Sure, because hikkikomori are known for getting things done.
In a few decades the Japanese will all be indoors and outside will be nothing but Chinese
THE END IS NIGH
Oh yes, force a bunch of depressed shutins into the army and turn them into trained killers.....that won't lead to the bloodiest comiket of all time.
Can you imagine 2 million people in cardboard zaku
outfits running around wiping out the "arthnoids"?
earthnoids.
more like millions of travis touchdowns
LOL, this comment remind me of fummofu when sagara trained a bunch of wussies from rugby club
I wish they don't procreate.
They wont.
Even if none of the hikikomori procreated, what makes you think the next generation wouldn't have just as many? It's not a genetic thing, it's a lifestyle preference.
I haven't been out my house in 10 days
am I one?
Nope, keep trying.
Aw =(
It will be 11 in a couple hours
my sleep patterns messed up any everything! =C
the minimum is 6 months, i believe, keep trying =o
Sadly you haven't even reached my mediocre level of hikikomori-ness, so no. You're still a normal otaku!
Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai!
not hard just never go outside
heh.i never wish to be 1.i wish i m an emperor who is an otaku who can live like he want
This is why we must go to japan and raep all the hot girls.
>japan
>hot girls
wat
The US and such already did that.
So did Canada did you see the Boobs on that last post?
US men are gay.