Tamaki Saito
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is a Japan
ese psychologist
. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba
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Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori
, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba
Funabashi, Chiba
is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 609,157 and a population density of 7110 persons per km². The total area was 85.64 km². It is the 7th most populous city in Greater Tokyo....
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Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori
Hikikomori
is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive people who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement because of various personal and social factors in their lives...
, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert.
Publications
- Saitō Tamaki (2007) "Otaku Sexuality" in Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., and Takayuki TatsumiTakayuki TatsumiTakayuki Tatsumi is a Japanese scholar. He is a Professor at Keio University, where he has taught literary theory and American literature since 1989.- External links :* at Keio University* at Flickr...
ed., Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams University of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0-8166-4974-7 (with a foreword by Mari KotaniMari Kotaniis a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin and of *Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu. Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994...
) - Saito Tamaki (2011) "Beautiful Fighting Girl" University Of Minnesota Press ISBN 978-0-8166-5451-2