Are you worried about hikikomori?

What is a hikikomori?

Hikikomori is a state in which, due to various factors, a person avoids social participation (such as attending school, working, and socializing outside the home) and generally stays at home for more than six months.

A long-term hikikomori situation makes it difficult to take even a step toward social participation, and there is a growing concern that it will adversely affect mental and physical health and lead to economic hardship.

(From the definition of hikikomori in the recommendations of the Tokyo Metropolitan Hikikomori Support Council)

Don't keep it to yourself or your family, please consult us first.

The factors leading to the state of hikikomori vary from person to person, such as human relationships, work/school attendance, and mental illness or disability.

Please feel free to contact the following organizations regarding any worries or anxieties that you or your family may have.

For details such as contact information, please check the information page of each linked institution.

Health and Welfare Center

Counseling on the mental and physical health of residents

We also accept mental health consultations regarding hikikomori.

(1) Inhabitants health consultation

(2) Mental health continuous consultation support (district public health nurse)

• Healthy life club Itabashi Health and Welfare Center
• Healthy life club Kamiitabashi Health and Welfare Center
• Healthy life club Akatsuka Health and Welfare Center
• Healthy Lifestyle Department Shimura Health and Welfare Center
• Healthy Ikigai Department Takashimadaira Health and Welfare Center

Itabashi Life and Work Support Center

Comprehensive consultation and support for problems and worries related to life, household finances, and work

We also accept consultations about future life concerns, financial problems, and work-related worries related to hikikomori.

In addition, we create a support plan according to the content of the consultation, and introduce necessary support and specialized organizations such as training for independence in daily life and employment.

• Itabashi Life and Work Support Center (External link)

Hikikomori counseling (individual counseling by a psychiatrist)

Individual counseling on hikikomori by a child/adolescent psychiatrist is available for the individual or his or her family. We also accept consultations for families only.

• Hikikomori Counseling/Hikikomori Family Classroom

Hikikomori Family Classroom

How should a parent deal with a son or daughter who is hikikomori?
Participate in family classes, study together, give each other wisdom, exchange information, and find an appropriate response.

• Hikikomori Counseling/Hikikomori Family Classroom

Itabashi Support Center for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (Ai Port)

Target: Persons with developmental disabilities (suspected) aged 16 and over, their families, etc.

Counseling (concerning problems in daily life and interpersonal relationships, social withdrawal, use of welfare services and programs, consultation with a psychiatrist, etc.), social participation training, family support, etc.

Continuing support is only for those who have been diagnosed with a developmental disorder.

• Support Center for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (Ai Port)

Education Support Center [Psychological Counseling]

A clinical psychologist provides ongoing psychological support for children aged 3 (equivalent to junior high school age) to 18 (equivalent to high school age) and their guardians for school refusal, bullying, developmental issues, etc. I'm here.

• Counseling specialized in psychology and language (Education Support Center, Narimasu Education Counseling Room)

Comprehensive Support Center for Children and Families [Consultation for children]

For children under the age of 18 and their guardians, etc., you can consult about anything related to child-rearing, such as anxieties, worries, troubles, and things you don't understand about child-rearing. We also accept consultations from children themselves.

• Consult anything with children

[Tokyo] Tokyo Hikikomori Support Net

We accept consultations about the problems and worries of hikikomori.

telephone consultation , Email consultation , peer online consultation (People who have experienced hikikomori or their families will receive consultation), Visit consultation (Home visit consultation for hikikomori aged 15 to approximately 34)

If you wish to visit the Hikikomori Support Net for consultation, please contact the Preventive Measures Division Management/Mental Intractable Disease Section in Itabashi Ward. (03-3579-2329)

All consultations are free.

• Tokyo Hikikomori Support Net (External link)

Itabashi Youth Support Station

Target: People between the ages of 15 and 49 who are willing to work, and their guardians

We provide support for employment, such as staff consultations, career counseling, psychological consultations on job hunting, and various seminars, in line with the desire to work.

• Itabashi Youth Support Station (External link)

Itabashi General Volunteer Center

You can consult about volunteering and social participation.

• Itabashi General Volunteer Center (External link)

Notice of Lecture on Hikikomori in Tokyo

In Tokyo, a lecture by Mr. Masaki Ikegami (Journalist, KHJ National Federation of Hikikomori Family Associations (Public Relations) Director) will be delivered online for those who are worried about their family members or those who are close to them. increase.

<Lecture contents> 8050 problem Thinking about various situations from the perspective of hikikomori themselves and their families

<Distribution period> Until Tuesday, February 28, 5th year of Reiwa

<Target> Anyone can watch.

<How to watch> Videos are distributed on the official Tokyo video channel "Tokyo Video".

For inquiries, please contact the following phone number.

Telephone 03-5320-4039 (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Community Welfare Division, Community Welfare Section, Life Support Section)

• About the Tokyo Metropolitan Hikikomori Lecture (External link)

Hikikomori VOICE STATION festival and consultation meeting will be held!

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducts public relations projects aimed at local communities, with the aim of deepening understanding of hikikomori in local communities by conveying the voices of people who are withdrawn and their families. , “Hikikomori VOICE STATION Festival and Consultation” will be held.

<Event name> “Hikikomori VOICE STATION Festival”

<Date and time> February 5, 2020 (Sunday) 1:00 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.

<Location> Tokyo FM Hall (1-7 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo FM Center 2F) Simultaneous online delivery

<Contents> We will invite Minami Takahashi and journalist Jun Hori to act as moderators and hold an event to send out the voices of hikikomori parties, families, and supporters to society.

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• After the festival, a “Hikikomori Consultation” will be held where people who have experienced Hikikomori and supporters will talk online (Zoom) or by phone for those who have worries and anxieties about Hikikomori (persons themselves and their families). To do.
• The festival will be streamed online at the same time.
• Please check the website below for details on how to apply and how to watch.

• Hikikomori VOICE STATION leaflet (PDF 1.7MB)
• Hikikomori VOICE STATION Homepage (External link)