The word hikikomori was coined by Japanese psychiatrist Tamaki Saito in the late 1990s to describe young people who withdraw completely from society, and he estimated even then that over a million were shut in their rooms across Japan.

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In 1998, Japanese psychiatrist Tamaki Saito coined the term hikikomori for young people who withdraw completely from society, estimating over a million cases in Japan — a number later government surveys would confirm. The post The word hikikomori was coined by Japanese psychiatrist Tamaki Saito in the late 1990s to describe young people who withdraw completely from society, and he estimated even then that over a million were shut in their rooms across Japan. appeared first on Space Daily .