@Kurohitsuji But… I am a big fan of Japanese culture (both pop and traditional culture). I am always sad to see how frequently international media publishes articles like "Look how weird Japan is!", sometimes several times a year, whenever they don't have anything else to say. These articles are always stupid, badly researched, and nobody takes them seriously. I hope the articles you saw in the Israeli or Jewish media were like this—just bad journalism, and not a reflection of the culture.