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Figural Effect (figuraleffect.wordpress.com):
… Hikikomori (meaning “withdrawal”), a condition supposedly unique to Japan, has been in the news in the past (e.g., on the Beeb andNYT), but I just picked up on it again recently. The Japanese government defines it as follows (see Kaneko, 2006): 1. He/she continues not to take part in society and is withdrawn at home for six months and over; …

Psicología del desarrollo II (desarrollo2uta.blogspot.com):
… Cada país tiene sus propios problemas con la juventud: En Estados Unidos se unen a bandas callejeras, en España se meten de todo en las macrodiscotecas... En Japón reina la apatía como forma de enfrentar el miedo a lo desconocido. Fuente:NYT magazineVídeo tomado de: Blog de Procesos afectivos y motivacionales imágenes: Nishibu …

Indie Eye | Film | IFC.com (www.ifc.com):
… appearance from Julie Dreyfus, and a line of Merde action figures. Bong, whose closing segment "Shaking Tokyo" was probably the most anticipated, at least by anyone who's seen "The Host," zooms in on the life of a hikikomori, one suffering from themedia-adored Japanese disorder in which people retreat to their rooms or homes for what can be years. His nameless recluse (Teruyuki Kagawa) has been bunkered down in his apartment for over a decade, until a perfectly timed earthquake drops a pizza delivery …

Lorand R. Minyo - Business + Life 2.0 Evangelist (www.lorandminyo.ro):
… pacate nu cred ca va avea vre-o importanta. Suntem romani pana la urma, nu? 2. Fenomenul EMO devine din ce in ce mai discutat. Unii privesc fenomenul dintr-o perspectiva mai amuzanta, altii un pic mai serios. Personal cred ca este o moda si ca, desi aafectat Japoniaintr-o masura ingrijoratoare, la noi nu va prinde. Sper sa am dreptate. 3. Odata cu lansarea Adobe Flash 10 am descoperit capabilitatile de HD din flash. Bila Rosie pentru cei de la Adobe, nu stiu insa cat de bine se compara cu Silverlight 2.0 …

American Buddhist Net | Buddhist News & Forum (americanbuddhist.net):
… case, once-a-month trips to buy CD's. And though female hikikomori exist and may be undercounted, experts estimate that about 80 percent of the hikikomori are male, some as young as 13 or 14 and some who live in their rooms for 15 years or more.LINK TO ORIGINAL …

loro:il mio mondo - Libero Community - Blog (blog.libero.it):
… era ritirato nella sua stanza e aveva continuato a guardare la televisione, a navigare su internet e a costruire modellini di automobili per 13 anni. Metà della sua vita. Sono queste due delle tante storie di hikikomori raccontate in un lungo e bell’articolodel New York Times del 15 gennaio scorso. ***************************** Ho trovato questa notizia girovagando nel web..non conoscevo l'esistenza di questa parola e sopratutto il suo significato.. Mi mette in agitazione pensare  che  molti …

Banterland (www.banterland.com):
… Shutting Themselves In - New York Times …

clast (clast.diamondagency.jp):
… but they should probably take most of the credit for creating the society-engulfing booms that really mattered. Now that consumers are much more dispassionate about following media-created styles (either a sign of Western-style individualism orhikkikomori-style solipsism, depending on whom you ask), the result has not been more consumer-driven booms, but less booms total. Booms always needed media and manufacturer coordination to make the boom visible on national level, put the products in stores at the …

workerbear (workerbear.blogspot.com):
… may venture outdoors, [1] the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare defines hikikomori as individuals who refuse to leave their parents' house, and isolate themselves away from society in their homes for a period exceeding six months.new york times: shutting themselves innevada-tan …

Jon22 (www.jon22.net):
… when I don’t. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.’ Adorable Santa Claus ‘Get A Mac’ Ad You just want to put them in your pocket and love them and pet them and call them George.Shutting Themselves InDid Antidepressants Depress Japan? …

Balderdash (gssq.blogspot.com):
… some colleagues, he saw these callers as an opportunity rather than problem—if only they could get beyond their “presenting problem” and talk of their real troubles." Lucky he didn't do that in Singapore, or he'd be hauled up by the police.Shutting Themselves In- "After years of being bullied at school and having no friends, Y.S., who asked to be identified by his initials, retreated to his room at age 14, and proceeded to watch TV, surf the Internet and build model cars - for 13 years. When he finally left …

Disagio: il nostro muro del pianto (ilnostromurodelpianto.blogspot.com):
… Testo e dati tratti daNYT …

perturbacje (perturbacje.blogspot.com):
… z rzeczywistością. Do tematu powraca publikujący publicysta Matt Peckham. Spostrzeżenia nie są odkrywcze zważywszy na to, jak od lat Japonia boryka się z kłopotliwym fenomenem hokikomori. Na koniec, dla zilustrowania zjawiska, pewien cytat:One morning when he was 15, Takeshi shut the door to his bedroom, and for the next four years he did not come out. …

The Allmovie Blog (blog.allmovie.com):
… to talk about it with his family. One day, he just shuts himself in his room and stays there. It’s the premise for the anime series Welcome to the NHK, which came out on DVD in the US in October, but the phenomenon is real. According to theNew York Times, about a million Japanese people – mostly young men – are thought to suffer from hikikomori, a condition wherein the person holes up in their room and rarely or never comes out for years, or sometimes decades. …

Fight Test (thetestisover.blogspot.com):
… It's the child who feels abandoned pretending they do not need affection. When viewed from this angle, it makes perfect sense that music so filled with angst, anger, and aggression has become popular in Japan. For more Hikikomori related items, visit:Shutting Themselves In(NYT article that started most of the awareness in the States) There was a great (slightly satirical) look at Hikikomori on a website.. it was originally a book with letters from one hikikomori to another. The authors posted it online, but I seem to …

Blog Asia Pacifico BCN (viveasia.bcn.cl):
… s tiene sus luces y sombras, eso está claro, pero aquí quiero presentar el lado negativo de Japón, donde se han originado patologías sociales como los suicidios colectivos acordados por Internet y los hikikomori ojóvenes con síndrome de abstinencia social.Estos últimos los descubrí al leer el manga Welcome To NHK, donde se presenta (Leer más) …

NGO 202 The nonprofit NGO Sector in Japan (ngo-202.blogspot.com):
… Multitasking recluses find route to respectability - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20060711ks.html Japan: The Missing Million- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm Shutting Themselves Inhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15japanese.html?ei=5088&en=7b1fdacbeb794332&ex=1294981200&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1191588951-xtUGe0/Ixi3MatMNHY5jog Kids these days - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20020505a1.htm 'Freeters' rally for better wages http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070501a3.html …

Thin Air (august2008.blogspot.com):
… in order to fulfill his lifelong passion for poetry and the arts. In July of 2007, Shahar Golan published his first book titled 'Almost Finished'. It includes mainly Hebrew poems and short stories. [See book details here] [Read the NY TimesArticleabout Hikikomori and their families, by Maggie Jones] [See also: 'Poetry' by Ana Elsner, on The InstaPLANET News Satellite] . …

リリカル☆スパーク!　Lyrical☆Spark! (honyachan.blogspot.com):
… . In other words, anyone who exhibits a geek chic fashion could be called an アキバ系. There are also some other words related to ヲタク but are not necessarily the same. These include NEET and引き篭り（ひきこもり）which I mentioned briefly in this post. NEET is an acronym borrowed from the United Kingdom and stands for Not currently engaged in Employment, Education, or Training. Basically, NEET refers to young adults who refuse to enter a …

リリカル☆スパーク!　Lyrical☆Spark! (honyachan.blogspot.com):
… . In other words, anyone who exhibits a geek chic fashion could be called an アキバ系. There are also some other words related to ヲタク but are not necessarily the same. These include NEET and引き篭り（ひきこもり）which I mentioned briefly in …