Two vıolent incidents involving hikikomori have occurred in the past weeks.
The first was a 51 year old hikikomori who stαbbed 19 people in Kawasaki, 17 of which were schoolchildren. The second was a hikikomori in his 40s, who was stαbbed to deαth by his father, a former government official.
Due to this, parents of hikikomori are getting increasingly worried that their hikikomori children will embarrass them or end up commiting cɾimes, while the hikikomori feel that they can never leave home now that the incidents have dragged them into the public's gaze.
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1. [+1991 / -18]
Asahi Article
Read the English translation of the article by Asahi here.
2. [+332 / -775]
Listen to B'z
3. [+3151 / -31]
I think the Noborito* incident is probably one of the main triggers.
*Area in Kawasaki where the stαbbing took place
4. [+3915 / -120]
I have the feeling that it's already impossible for them once they're over 40.
20. [+1920 / -14]
>>4
I think that it's impossible too but if something isn't done about it, the country will be full of people on social welfare, and our taxes will be used to look after them.
Society will end.
>>4
I think that it's impossible too but if something isn't done about it, the country will be full of people on social welfare, and our taxes will be used to look after them.
Society will end.
5. [+177 / -453]
Become a Youtuber
6. [+1981 / -51]
What, there were that many [hikikomori]?
7. [+3760 / -27]
If they're still young, it's not too late, but it gets difficult when they reach their 40s or 50s.
It's probably very hard to find a job, and if they fail the interview, they'll probably become even more reclusive.
8. [+1991 / -39]
Simply live and die on your own volition till the very end.
9. [+4048 / -52]
Raising children in this age is no longer just someone else's problem.
It's impossible to tell how someone will become.
I have a four year old kid, but I can't say for sure that my kid won't turn out that way in the future.
21. [+1772 / -112]
>>9
Many hikikomori tend to come from relatively twisted families
>>9
Many hikikomori tend to come from relatively twisted families
10. [+2274 / -180]
"It's a social embarrassment."*
That's just the parent's ego.
You never know who might become a shut-in in the future.
*Quote from the Asahi article
11. [+2486 / -26]
Perhaps we've come to an age where it's necessary to have some support facility for hikikomori. They can't survive if their parents die, right? I feel like they'll start being treated like potential criminals.
12. [+4678 / -135]
My cousin was a recluse for over ten years but he started hanging out with people from Soka Gakkai*, and is full of life now.
It's a good thing in a way.
*A Buddhist Cult
14. [+3183 / -44]
My child is also a NEET so I understand their feelings, but if the people themselves don't want to change, consulting with them won't make a difference...
I can only say that I brought them up wrong, and think about lot of things.
15. [+1564 / -21]
There was a set of parents in America who went to court and won a lawsuit in America.*
It seems that it's against the law in Japan for parents to forcibly kick their kid out of the house.
*In 2018, parents of a 30-year-old man sued their son to make him move out. The judge ruled in the parents' favour.
46. [+1192 / -13]
>>15
I have the impression that until mid-Showa* there were a lot of parents who would beat up their kids if the kid didn't work or made mistakes or something...
Come to think of it, people no longer say "I'll disown you" anymore.
*Showa era (1926–1989)
>>15
I have the impression that until mid-Showa* there were a lot of parents who would beat up their kids if the kid didn't work or made mistakes or something...
Come to think of it, people no longer say "I'll disown you" anymore.
*Showa era (1926–1989)
16. [+1900 / -16]
The TV and other places keep saying, "go seek help", "seek consultations" but would that really fix the problem?
Or is it really better than brooding over it?
17. [+1090 / -1047]
If they're not sick, then it's a problem with how their parents raised them.
18. [+1803 / -117]
Take them out of the house.
That will be supporting them one way or another.
19. [+1361 / -59]
My step-brother is a hikikomori
Seems like I'll be stαbbed one day
22. [+503 / -270]
Get rid of them
23. [+1583 / -56]
Not all hikikomori's are at fault.
Something made them become a shut-in.
Bullying, social relationships etc.
You can't change what people hate physiologically.
People can also become hikikomori due to lack of contact with the outside world.
24. [+2324 / -73]
The hurdle of finding work in Japan is too high.
26. [+1902 / -33]
But in the Kawasaki incident*, it said that what triggered him into doing it was his uncle and aunt writing a letter to the city office for advice.
It's difficult when you think about how there's a possibility of causing the worse possible outcome if you aren't careful and accidentally agitate them.
*Stαbbing of elementary kids incident mentioned above. The culprit was a hikikomori who had been living in his uncle and aunt's house for years.
27. [+1589 / -185]
My older sister is a middle-aged hikikomori because she has bipolar disorder
It can't be helped if they're sick, but anything other than that is enabling them.
28. [+72 / -185]
If they don't harm other people, it's no problem at all even if they're shut-ins.
29. [+1671 / -55]
A middle-aged hikikomori, in the end, probably blames everything on their parents or society, so they will probably never get better.
31. [+2270 / -243]
My older brother is also a hikikomori.
I wish he would become lion feed, or a test-subject for human experiments, or become a worker at a sort of facility where there are poisonous substances, and no one will go near because it's too dangerous.
32. [+1853 / -83]
The child of the family next door is a hikikomori.
Their light is always on in the middle of the night.
Their child should be 44, I think.
33. [+2287 / -73]
What will they do if their parent dies?
I want to become a hikikomori too.
I don't want to work
but I have no choice but to work.
34. [+2110 / -99]
You need to teach them from when they're little that "He who does not work, neither shall he eat."
37. [+2754 / -43]
An over-interfering and overprotective mother and an apathetic father
Hikikomori are easily created from these sets of parents.
38. [+1333 / -28]
Hikikomori live at home or are financially supported by their parents, right? If they were alone, there's no way they could shut themselves inside the house forever.
40. [+1451 / -20]
Even if they start shutting themselves inside the house, wouldn't it be fine if you got along with them?
Like having meals together, for example.
I feel that it's too late when they develop the habit of eating meals in their rooms.
43. [+1417 / -84]
It's because their parents keep pampering them...
They have to at least stop giving them an allowance and drive them out of the house...
44. [+1744 / -30]
It's really hard to find work when you're in your late forties. I think there are lots around who end up becoming shut-ins because they can't find a job even if they have a fairly good academic background.
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