The latest episode of Living Japan is out. Here is the blurb:
On Episode 63 Dr. Michael Dziesinski, a visiting scholar from the University of Hawaii, joins us to talk about a social phenomenon of Japan: Hikikomori. Today, they are many different portrayals of Hikikomori on mass media and popular culture, but… are they really as they are showcased? What is hikikomori? How do hikikomori people behave? Is it only a problem of Japan? Join us as Dr. Dziesinskianswer to these and many more questions drawing some light over this issue.
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