Talk by Maika Elan and Oguri Ayako: “Hikikomori”
Talk session by photographer Maika Elan and specialist Oguri Ayako on “Hikikomori” (adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life).

The Japan Foundation Asia Center awarded Maika Elan as an Asia Center Fellowship, which is supporting program for individual activities for research, creative engagements, and network building among Japan and South East Asia.

And we will welcome two young Japanese guests, former hikikomori, who are trying to re-socialize themselves.
These various viewpoints around Hikikomori provide us wide and rich understandings about this issue.
Language: Vietnamese and Japanese
Talk session will be held on Wed 15 Mar 2017, 6.30 – 8.30 pm at Courtyard (or Gallery space in case of rain), Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and on Fri 17 Mar 2017, 6.30 – 8.30 pm at University of Social Studies and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Block H-2nd floor, 336 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi.

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