{"id":236830,"date":"2023-04-08T19:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=236830"},"modified":"2023-04-10T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:34:20","slug":"whats-hikikomori-why-15-lakh-japanese-are-living-in-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/whats-hikikomori-why-15-lakh-japanese-are-living-in-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Hikikomori? Why 15 lakh Japanese are living in isolation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cWhat&#8217;s Hikikomori? Why 15 lakh Japanese are living in isolation?<\/strong><strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>published in\u00a0<strong>The Economic Times <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>8th April 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>A phenomenon of social withdrawal known as Hikikomori is spreading rapidly in Japan.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Hikikomori?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is a term used to describe people who have withdrawn from society, often for a period of six months or longer.<\/p>\n<p>It is associated with feelings of anxiety, depression, and social phobia. It is thought to be a response to the pressures of modern society, including high academic expectations, intense competition, and social isolation.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the effects of Hikkomori?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> It can lead to further mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, and can make it difficult for individuals to reintegrate into society, <strong>b)<\/strong> Hikikomori can have long-term effects on individuals&#8217; social and economic prospects, making it harder for them to find work or form relationships, <strong>c)<\/strong> Hikikomori can lead to reduced productivity and can make it harder for individuals to contribute to the wider economy, and <strong>d)<\/strong> It can exacerbate demographic challenges, including an aging population and a declining birth rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWhat&#8217;s Hikikomori? Why 15 lakh Japanese are living in isolation?\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Economic Times on\u00a08th April 2023. What is the News? A phenomenon of social withdrawal known as Hikikomori is spreading rapidly in Japan. What is Hikikomori? It is a term used to describe people who have withdrawn from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/whats-hikikomori-why-15-lakh-japanese-are-living-in-isolation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s Hikikomori? Why 15 lakh Japanese are living in isolation?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,7965,9],"tags":[11394,11063],"class_list":["post-236830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-hikikomori","tag-the-economic-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}