Thank you for your insightful explanation.
My knowledge of the subject is derived more from business dealings, not diplomacy, but one look at the picture said something was ~really~ wrong.
one look at the picture said something was ~really~ wrong>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You got it. You have therefore experienced enough of Japanese culture to know how genuine admiration and respect feels in a bow.
This feels as you imply....horrible.
No respect. Its a bow all about “me.”
Obama is a bull in a China shop, no,,, a defecating bull in a China shop.
Obama will leave a horrible mess in Japan for his underlings to clean up, if indeed they can.