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The “Hikikomori” of Japan, First Webseries of “Tambay and Hikikomori” Can you imagine how organize and efficient Japan on data gathering by establishing statistics about their “Hikikomori” but in the Philippines we may have little data on Tambay scattered through-out the streets of the country. Who are these “Hikikomori” of Japan and who are the “Tambay” of Philippines? Let’s find-out by exploring the streets of Japan and Philippines. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As per NHK Report, Hikikomori is defined by Japan’s Health Ministry as a social lifestyle in which “a person does not go to work or school, rarely interacts with people other than their family members and has been isolated or a housebound for a period of six months and longer”. They are usually adolescent males who have an abnormal avoidance of social contact. According to latest survey conducted last December 2018, there is estimated 541,000 Hikikomori with ages ranging from 15 to 39 years old. But there more on 40 to 64 years old range with estimated number of 613,000 people. It means that through-out Japan that there are an estimated number of 1,154,000 Hikikomori living with their families

The “Tulisan” are the robberies who stole sacks of palay, chicken, cows and carabaos then sell it to the other town market or “Mercado”. Their numbers are around 30 to 50 adolescent males who used “gulok” or “itak” (big knife) when they robbed small villages. But the number of “Piratang Dagat” is lesser compared with “Tulisan”. Through-out the history of Philippines, once they become “Tambay” that there is certain kind of criminal tendency that they commit to the society. As with the recent hit by “Oplan Tokhang” targeting different group of drug dealers and other criminal elements, it is the “Tambay” who are most affected since most of them are always on the street. There must be a resolution curving the number of “Tambay”. The Philippine Government specifically the Philippine Statistics Authority and Department of Labor to declassify who are the legitimate to use the title fisherman, farmer, carpenter, laborer, jeep/tricycle/tuktuk driver and construction worker. The use of the title for the said jobs must comply with a requirement by being employed with regular compensation from a company otherwise they will tick the mark “Tambay” including those freelancers working on the sam