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ArticleGlobal Climate Change: Economic Implications & Opportunities for the U.S. and JapanDecember 5, 2007 ArticleShutting Themselves In"One morning when he was 15, Takeshi shut the door to his bedroom, and for the next four years he did not come out." This article explores the phenomenon of the Japanese hikikomori, or shut-in. ArticleA View of Religion in JapanThe changes of the last decade have ratcheted up unsustainable stresses on religious institutions that their members don’t seem willing or able to address. Religious worship no longer provides the sense of community it once did. |