There are two problems in the hikikomori issues. First of all, people in the current Japanese society mostly regard hikikomori as “a social phenomenon of unknown origins”. There are many types of hikikomori. While some hikikomoris may be suffering from severe mental health conditions, other hikikomoris may not have particular medical symptoms but complain of issues that are more interpersonal. Some other hikikomoris may be even faking (The author has observed several cases of faking hikikomori in her 15 years of work experience in the educational field). One of the problems the author identifies is that in the current Japanese society all these types of hikikomori tend to be categorized into one conceptual “phenomenon” because the public is influenced by the media’s report of hikikomori as “a social phenomenon”. Therefore, some clinical cases of hikikomori delay from their recovery since they do not seek clinical intervention in an earlier stage