Tatsuhiko Takimoto’s Welcome the NHK is an important piece of 21st century fiction that provides a vivid fictional account of social problems in turn-of-the-century Japan. Based on the author's own experiences, the protagonist Tatsuhiro Satou lives life as a purposeless shut-in, one of Japan's thousands of “hikikomori,” as he and...
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