“It is one of the biggest social and health problems facing Japan – about 1 million people, mostly men, have locked themselves in their bedrooms and will not come out.
“Japanese health professionals are now scrambling to stop the next generation from suffering the same fate.
“Not only is the condition shattering families, it is also threatening the country’s economy.
“For nearly three years, Yuto Onishi’s world was his small bedroom in Tokyo.
“He slept during the day and lived at night, trawling the internet and reading manga – Japanese comics.
“Mr Onishi, now 18, refused all contact with friends and family, sneaking out only in the dead of night to eat.”
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