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How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
Vintage
September 2007
On Sale: September 4, 2007
352 pages
ISBN: 1400077796
EAN: 9781400077793
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
The world's second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed
poised to overtake America as the leading global economic
powerhouse. But the country failed to recover from the
staggering economic collapse of the early 1990s. Today it
confronts an array of disturbing social trends, notably a
population of more than one million hikikomori: the young
men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from
society. There is also a growing numbers of “parasite
singles”: single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or
bear children. In this trenchant investigation, Michael Zielenziger argues
that Japan's tradition-steeped society, its aversion to
change, and its distrust of individuality are stifling
economic revival, political reform, and social evolution.
Shutting Out the Sun is a bold explanation of Japan's
stagnation and its implications for the rest of the world.
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