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Rent-a-sister: Coaxing Japan鈥檚 young men out of their rooms

At least half a million young men in Japan are thought to have withdrawn from society, and refuse to leave their bedrooms. They鈥檙e known as hikikomori.
Their families often don鈥檛 know what to do, but one organisation is offering 鈥渟isters for hire鈥 to help coax these young men out of their isolation.

Reported, directed and edited by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill for 大象传媒 World Hacks.
Development producer-Ammar Ebrahim

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13 minutes