Some unscrupulous companies are profiting from extreme measures to remove hikikomori from their homes. Photo: Shutterstock
In Japan, extreme bids to help hikikomori are causing them further distress
- Some desperate parents are paying as much as US$65,000 for companies to use violent means to reintegrate their reclusive children into society
- Dubbed hikidashiya – literally ‘those who pull people out’ – a number of these firms currently being investigated
Some unscrupulous companies are profiting from extreme measures to remove hikikomori from their homes. Photo: Shutterstock
