[altair]

What The Usurper is doing is tantamount to prostrating himself.

That's my take. I lived about 4 1/2 years in Japan.

[sushiman]

Well , I have been living here in Japan for 24 years and I can tell you that he is definitely prosrating himself . It’s obvious Akihito and his wife had no intention of bowing and were taken aback but amused by Obama’s emptyheaded gesture .