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Mental Health: Hikikomori

In Japan hundreds of thousands of young people withdraw from society for years or even decades.

They are known as hikikomori and Claudia Hammond travels to Tokyo to discover more about this mysterious condition and why it is so prevalent in Japan.

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29 minutes

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Sun 7 Jul 2013 22:32GMT

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  • Fri 5 Jul 2013 14:32GMT
  • Sun 7 Jul 2013 22:32GMT

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