The LA Times is the story that kicked it off, so I’d disagree with your title.
I stand corrected. Comment #11 says otherwise. I don’t see it in today’s print edition of either the LATimes or the NYTimes.
> The LA Times is the story that kicked it off
I think it was just on the LA Times Blog — not the print version or mail site.
Or was it the British Daily Mail?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227822/Obama-bends-double-bows-Japanese-royalty.html