
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.
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There is some surprise at the results of a survey which suggest as many as 6.7% of Japanese questioned have no friends at all…
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A hikikomori has stabbed to death his own little sister after being irritated by the sounds coming from her adjacent room.
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The ruling LDP is contemplating a plan which would see hikikomori, NEETs, the unemployed and other undesirables bundled off to army boot camps to learn such useful trades as tree felling and ditch digging.
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Up and coming idol to NEETs and hikikomori Milk-chan has updated her blog recently after being mentioned on numerous web sites, and because of the presence of fan art on Pixiv.
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Japan’s ultimate weapon against NEETs and hikikomori, Milk-chan (otherwise known as Miruku), has recently updated her blog with a post regarding her outrage over being the butt of a few dirty jokes made by a radio DJ and seiyuu.
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The government wants otaku NEETs and hikikomori integrated into society and properly employed (or rather, paying taxes to support the oppressive weight of the unreformed pension system), and to this end at least one regional jobs bureau has opted to fight fire with fire, by unveiling its moe anti-NEET weapon Milk (or Miruku), pictured.
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The nearest thing the world has to a hikikomori idol, Kiri Komori of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, is cosplayed rather convincing below:
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A schoolboy hikikomori who shut himself away from the world became so disquieted at the prospect of ending his hermit lifestyle, after his father resolved to help him by ending his hikikomori lifestyle, that he stabbed him to death.
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The diet is hearing a proposal which would seek to aggressively eliminate the phenomenon of NEETs and hikikomori shut-ins, forcing them to “participate in society” (earn a taxable income), and seeking to cure them of whatever ill it is which stops them holding a regular job like everyone else.
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Stare at females of all ages, without fear of them fleeing; an epoch making new interactive DVD, ミテルだけ, “Just Looking”, released today, promises to enable its users to freely stare at members of the fairer sex at their leisure. Yours for a mere ¥2,650. See below to ogle the lineup.
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The Tokyo government has recently conducted some empirical research into the number of adult hikikomori to be found in the capital, and their findings are some of the first credible statistics regarding the “issue”, as there have been a number of baseless assertions previously. They claim over 25,000 adult hikikomori in the capital, and they seem to think this worthy of action. Details follow.
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