Can you imagine how organize and efficient Japan on data gathering by establishing statistics about their “Hikikomori” but in the Philippines we may have little data on Tambay scattered through-out the streets of the country. Who are these “Hikikomori” of Japan and who are the “Tambay” of Philippines? Let’s find-out by exploring the streets of Japan and Philippines.

As per NHK Report, Hikikomori is defined by Japan’s Health Ministry as a social lifestyle in which “a person does not go to work or school, rarely interacts with people other than their family members and has been isolated or a housebound for a period of six months and longer”. They are usually adolescent males who have an abnormal avoidance of social contact.

According to latest survey conducted last December 2018, there is estimated 541,000 Hikikomori with ages ranging from 15 to 39 years old. But there more on 40 to 64 years old range with estimated number of 613,000 people. It means that through-out Japan that there are an estimated number of 1,154,000 Hikikomori living with their families far from social contact.

These data are alarming according to the Health Department of Japan as they are dependent on the income of their aging parents who are now at the stage of 85 years old. Their concern is more of who will take care for these Hikikomori considering that they are aging as well as their parents.

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