Tamar Pol Cohen – Japan: The Most Different, the Strangest, and the Most Other.
Lecture on the culture and unusual phenomena in Japan, on December 1, 2026, at Nocturno House and Café in Jerusalem. With Tamar Pol Cohen.
What is so strange about Japan? Why did it develop differently from the rest of the world? Would you like to hear about the unusual phenomena occurring there?
In her fascinating lecture, Tamar Pol Cohen examines the reasons for the differences in Japanese culture: what is different about their behavior that makes them unlike us—and why? In addition, the lecture focuses on several phenomena, seeking to understand them: cleanliness and aesthetics, the Japanese lifestyle and life expectancy, the phenomenon of extreme loneliness, raising pets instead of children, renting relatives for payment, and attitudes toward fruit at the greengrocer’s.
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Tamar Pol Cohen is a lawyer by training. For many years, she was the courts’ spokesperson and President Barak’s media adviser. After his retirement, she returned to studying East Asian Studies and published the book Children of the Night with Yedioth Books. She has been involved in Japanese culture for many years.
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