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Mental Health: Hikikomori
Episode 6 of 6
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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Sun 7 Jul 2013
22:32GMT
BBC World Service Online
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