Photo/Illutration A man whose child has mainly stayed at his home (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

A 30-year-old man in Kanagawa Prefecture was forcibly taken out of his house by a company his parents hired to help him overcome his condition as a "hikikomori" social recluse, and confined in one of its dorms, his lawyer said.

The man filed a criminal complaint against the company on June 15.

Police at the station where the complaint was lodged said they will investigate the case.

The complaint covers the president of Clear Answer, which operated a hikikomori training center, and eight employees who allegedly forcibly took the plaintiff from his house and shut him in their dorm for nine consecutive days in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward in May 2018.

The company went bankrupt in December 2019.

After graduating from a university, the man did not work and was living at home with his parents. Wanting to help him become financially independent, his parents paid around 7 million yen ($65,199) to Clear Answer on the condition that the company help him find a job.

According to his lawyer, the man resisted when Clear Answer staff attempted to take him out of his parents' home. Once they got him out, they locked him in their dorm.

Following that, he was put into a mental hospital for 50 days. After leaving the hospital, he was forced to stay at another dorm for around 40 days. Finally, he managed to escape from the facility with his roommates, his lawyer said.

Clear Answer's defense lawyer declined to comment on the criminal complaint.

The man and his father previously sued the company in a civil court in February last year alleging the company violated the man's human rights and did not provide service equivalent to what his father had paid for.

The company is facing two similar lawsuits from former customers, the plaintiff's lawyer said.

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency has been warning on its website about private companies that claim to specialize in helping hikikomori conquer their fear of venturing outside their homes following numerous reports of trouble between clients and the companies.