Shubo-kyofu, or fear of a deformed body, is a culturally-bound Japanese phobia. Similar to dysmorphophobia, the fear is a subtype of taijin kyofusho, or Japanese social phobia. Learn more about the differences between this and Western fears of deformity.

A subtype of taijin kyofusho, or a Japanese form of social phobia, jiko-shisen-kyofu is literally the fear of one's own glance. In the West, jiko-shisen-kyofu is often considered a specific phobia, but in Japan it is usually treated with traditional methods. Learn more about this unusual phobia.

Koro, or fear of genital retraction, is often but not always linked to Asian males. It sometimes appears as mass hysteria in other parts of the world from Africa to the United States. What is this fear, and why does it hit large groups?

A relatively new disorder in young Asian males, hikikomori resembles both social phobia and agoraphobia. Yet it is not exactly the same. Have a look at this troubling new phenomenon.