A. Some own computers or mobile phones, but most have few or no friends.
B. Socially withdrawn kids typically lock themselves in their bedrooms and refuse to have any contact with the outside world.
C. Japan, on the other hand, must face reality itself.
D. Great changes in a country’s social structure have always caused stresses.
E. That uncertainty has pulled people further apart and caused a whole raft of social problems. Hikikomori is naturally one of them.
F. Japan will end up sinking even deeper into a labyrinth of confusion.
G. And there are plenty of newer technological devices for these youths to pursue.