[Candor7]

I just showed this photo to my Japanese wife and she said there isn’t a Japanese person alive who would bow that low to the Emperor>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

She is right about that, at least in public. Privately is another matter.

Retainers to the Emperor still bow that low to him, but properly with a great deal of dignity. They certainly do at Ise Jingu, where Akihito represents every Emperor that Japan has ever had.

But this Obabow is a horrid loss of face for America.

(My son also lives in Japan and has a wonderful Japanese wife. I tell him how fortunate he is, and same to you!)

[blackbart.223]

"Retainers to the Emperor still bow that low to him, but properly with a great deal of dignity."

No American would.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The George H.W. Bush trip to Japan will be recalled for him throwing up in the lap of Prime Minister Miyazawa.

The Obama trip to Japan will be recalled for him committing an act of near "dogeza" (subservient prostration) in front of the Emperor.

All that was missing was the throw-up.