The problem of and services provided to hikikomori in Japan has quite a long history. This study aimed to review the prevalence and perception of the hidden youth phenomenon around the globe, and analyze the relevant youth services in Japan and Hong Kong. By means of Internet search, the present...

We analyze the impact of adolescents' friendship relations in their final-year class of highschool on subsequent labor market success. Based on a typology of network positions we locateeach student within the social system of the school class as either: an isolate, a sycophant,a broker or a...