[AmericanInTokyo]

Japanese on one blog thread as we speak are talking about this Obama bow to Emperor Akihito, and it is actually kind of funny because in fact they are following our comments on FREE REPUBLIC ON THIS THREAD and one poster is actually posting some of them in English. I just found it.

There were comments like "How ironic. The country was was defeated in World War II is being bowed to.", or "Obama bowed so deeply it is almost as if he is apologizing for something wrong". These kinds of Japanese comments.

Sample of them monitoring FR (I would imagine these are rather young Japanese who just write a short sentence or two, like a chat room):

474 名前： ノイズn(北海道)[] 投稿日：2009/11/14(土) 15:32:23.05 ID:0u5WFQF0 Why is he bowing to the Japanese Emperor Akihito　 なぜおじぎしてるんだ Because the Emperor is not American or Christian. 天皇はアメリカ人でもクリスチャンでもないからさ He’s apologizing for Pearl Harbor. 真珠湾攻撃を天皇に謝罪してるんだよ Akihito has converted to Islam? 明仁はイスラムに改宗したのか？（註・オバマがサウジ国王におじぎしたとの疑惑） > He’s apologizing for Pearl Harbor. First LOL of the night! > 真珠湾攻撃を天皇に謝罪してるんだよ ワロス http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386153/posts

Their thread: http://finalfantasy35.blog45.fc2.com/blog-entry-1207.html

[riri]

He should be apologizing to the Japanese, they are being fitted for a new bus as we speak.

[maica]

Thanks for your post about the Japanese ‘lurkers’ and their comments. What a tiny world the internet has made.

[squarebarb]

Excellent! Thank you. Bookmarking.

[Candor7]

Thats quite a laugh! Two groups of incredulous people on both sides of the Pacific are thinking the same.

[Moltke]

"Obama bowed so deeply it is almost as if he is apologizing for something wrong".

But it's not really an apology-apology unless he ritually cuts off part of his pinky...