Why Japan's Youth Are Becoming Hermits - http://testu.be/1L3osKn Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Japan’s cultural pressures have forced almost a million young men into their bedrooms. So, how is Japan’s economy destroying their youth? Learn More: Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms? http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23182523 “As many as a million young people in Japan are thought to remain holed up in their homes - sometimes for decades at a time.” The Herbivore's Dilemma http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2009/06/the_herbivores_dilemma.html “Ryoma Igarashi likes going for long drives through the mountains, taking photographs of Buddhist temples and exploring old neighborhoods.” Japan’s Economic Dilemma: Comfortable Decline or Painful Revival? http://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-economic-dilemma-comfortable-decline-or-painful-revival-1417640405 ““Recession,” “stagnation,” “slump,” were the ominous labels I constantly read describing Japan before I moved here in late 2009.” Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube News is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubenews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special thanks to Julia Wilde for hosting TestTube! Check Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julia_SCI