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Cut off from society: Japan's hikikomori

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Video. Cut off from society: Japan's hikikomori

Updated: 04/05/2018 - 12:46 GMT+2

Literally meaning "pulling inward", hikikomori is a word used in Japan to describe people who cut themselves off from society.

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