My other finding is that most foreign journalists also tend to make sweeping generalizations about the causes of the problem, while introducing information often without even naming sources: “Pressure of schoolwork is said to have driven many Japanese children into self-inflicted social exclusion”93 or “The intense pressure to achieve academically […] is cited as explanation”.94 The attribution is vague at best. Similarly, Leo Lewis’ article claims: “The most widely held view is that it represents a reaction to the strictness of many Japanese social norms, and particularly the school system”.95