The international version of the term Hikikomori is NEET http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni-Ni
which according to Wikipedia is equivalent to NEET.
However, they're NOT shut-ins (many live in hovels, no place to shut in), so many become thieves and vandals.
Eighteen percent of youth in my country fall in this category (!!!!!)
There is, however, a risk that a Ni-ni may become a hikikomori, or something very similar.
Ni-Ni's here in Uruguay live in "cantegriles" (similar to Brazil's "favelas" or Argentina's "villa miseria")
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantegril
Unlike Spain, there are opportunities, there's full employment for youth who want it in construction and other heavy work, but "Ni-Ni's" don't want to have anything to do with that.
There's a huge government "free money" project that's heavily criticized as a "Ni-Ni" enabler.
I'll have to look up that show from La Sexta.
"an adopted British acronym meaning "not in education, employment or training"
Also Hikikkomori means that you literally don't leave your room at all (which is not the case for a NEET). If the hermit needs something, they'll often bang the floor to summon their mother (typically for food)
It certainly has a large amount of social condescension in Britain -- "not in employment, education or training" was taken up with glee by the tabloids.
Agreed. But that doesn't change the origins of the word - it just highlights the cultural (mis)representation of the term.
> Also Hikikkomori means that you literally don't leave your room at all (which is not the case for a NEET). If the hermit needs something, they'll often bang the floor to summon their mother (typically for food)
To be fair, Hikikkomori and NEET aren't meant to refer to the same people anyway. It just so happens there's overlap in the context. An example in western culture could be "freeloaders" and "unemployed". The former has negative connotations (ie they live of others like leaches) where as the latter just states they don't have a job. While some who are unemployed could be classed as freeloaders, it's also fair to say that some who are unemployed are very keen to find work and support themselves. So there's overlap in the people covered by those two terms but they don't automatically refer to the same group of people.
Great example with the freeloader/unemployed comparison. I'll put that in a mental drawer so I can use it in the future :)
This is even mentioned in the BBC article.