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The art of isolation: Hikikomori stories
Hikikomori is the Japanese world coined to describe socially isolated young people. Christopher Harding explores their world through art.
First identified in Japan in the 1990s, Hikikomori are socially isolated people, often, though not always, young. Over the last few years Hikikomori have created and featured in songs, video games, manga comics and novels.
Christopher Harding explores the closed world of the Hikikomori in the UK, France, Italy and Japan and asks whether art can provide a pathway out of isolation.
A Soundworks Media production for BBC Radio 4
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Tue 7 Jul 202616:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 7 Jul 202616:00BBC Radio 4
