Expanding the Notion of "Hikikomori" - Reflecting on a Time When Everybody Becomes a Hikikomori : Part 1
The notion of "hikikomori" we use today was created over twenty years ago, but it was only the image of "a dark and dangerous young man who never leaves his room". Many media have been contributing later to reproduce that distorted image of hikikomori. Let's look back on its history.
