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[BREAKING] JAPAN MAINSTREAM "NIKKEI" NEWS CALLS OBAMA CANCELLING ASIA TRIP (VIA TWITTER) "INSULTING"
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tokyo (Original in Japanese) ^
| 14 March 2010
| AmericanInTokyo
Posted on 03/13/2010 8:36:15 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
The Japanese daily equivalent to the American "Wall Street Journal", the "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" (or "Nikkei" for short) has run a Japanaese language story just now reporting the slamming that Obama and Gibbs are getting for not only cancelling the Obama Asian trip, but in the rather crass, cavalier, informal and rude way it was apparantly gingerly announced (by Gibbs apparantly) through "Twitter".
Alludes in Japanese that this is insulting in an Asian context.
Original article (link provided to Japanese) is: 米大統領のアジア歴訪延期、「ツイッター発表」で波紋
Or my translation: "Obama's Asian Trip Postponement; (White House) Announcement Via 'Twitter' Causes Waves"
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amateurs; asia; bho44; bhoasia; bhovisit; gibbs; healthcare; japan; nationalsecurityfail; obama; obamacare; snub; socialism; socialisthealthcare; tokyo; twitter
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To: ken5050; McGruff
141
posted on
03/14/2010 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: AmericanInTokyo
"You see, the fundamental thing about human nature, and particularly in Asia, WEAKNESS INVITES DISDAIN AND LACK OF RESPECT. Obama is proving to be good at this." Those sneakers in the pic of 0bambi from Indonesia...the four corners...
I guess they are asking for shoes to be thrown...
...at the next state of the (dis)union address...?
142
posted on
03/14/2010 10:27:13 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(They'll get my false teeth when they pry them from my sister's cold, dead mouth)
To: spokeshave
Yeah that waste of shoe wear when that Iraqi dude throw shoe at Bush 43 how about waiting for Obama coming to Iraq work on his target LOL!
143
posted on
03/14/2010 11:44:35 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: AmericanInTokyo; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; ...
Your posts from Japan are always interesting, AmericanInTokyo! This is yet another one... thank you.
FRiends: Don't miss AmericanInTokyo's post #1 on this thread. (Sorry I'm a day late with this one)
144
posted on
03/14/2010 2:57:29 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We have to pass the bill first so you can find out what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi, March 2010)
To: fatnotlazy
To: AmericanInTokyo
146
posted on
03/14/2010 3:07:54 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Weakening McCain strengthens our borders, weakens guest worker aka amnesty)
To: nutmeg
You guys are great. I am as much a fan of youse guys, as you are of me. Thanks. This is a team effort. We ferret out, produce and then viralize some of the most interesting bits and pieces of news out of Asia that goes right back in the faces of the elitists in Washington D.C. I love it.
147
posted on
03/14/2010 5:46:30 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Its time to CLEARLY threaten a huge, middle-class American TAX REVOLT in Tea Party signs & placards)
To: Taxman
148
posted on
03/14/2010 5:47:02 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Its time to CLEARLY threaten a huge, middle-class American TAX REVOLT in Tea Party signs & placards)
To: devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP; AmericanInTokyo; dixiechick2000; Lady Jag; Everybody; ...
149
posted on
03/14/2010 5:58:05 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(- What a co-inky-stink!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
He TWITTERED his change in plans instead of having the ambassador to Japan personally deliver his change of itinerary? Jeez, I am an ignorant gaijin and even I know how insulting this is. It is worse than sending the Queen of England DVD’s as a present.What if Obama's NOT supid - what if he's intentionally insulting our friends?
150
posted on
03/14/2010 6:41:00 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
To: nutmeg; AmericanInTokyo
Yes, it is insulting, but in a way it is good that everyone can see the real Obama more clearly.
To: GOPJ
It very well may be intentional. But the insult will be taken as being personally from him not from the US. I see this as a way to curry favor with the nations that hate the US.
152
posted on
03/14/2010 8:03:29 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
To: nutmeg
To: AmericanInTokyo
You guys are great. I am as much a fan of youse guys, as you are of me. Thanks. This is a team effort. We ferret out, produce and then viralize some of the most interesting bits and pieces of news out of Asia that goes right back in the faces of the elitists in Washington D.C. I love it.And we love it, too, AIT! Thanks again for your great work. :-)
154
posted on
03/14/2010 11:29:24 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We have to pass the bill first so you can find out what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi, March 2010)
To: potlatch
155
posted on
03/15/2010 5:31:57 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(The straw has broken the camel's back.)
To: GOPJ
Thanks GOPJ for joining the fun here on this thread.
156
posted on
03/15/2010 5:32:18 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(The straw has broken the camel's back.)
To: nutmeg
you guys are waaaaay too generous. a LOT of thanks goes around the whole wide world when it comes to Free Republic diggin out the stories, and making them go viral, MUCH TO THE CONSTERNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT RUN US MEDIA COMPLEX which never had this kind of rebellious opposition in it’s history of elitism and control. ;-) LOL!
157
posted on
03/15/2010 5:34:01 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(The straw has broken the camel's back.)
To: nutmeg; AmericanInTokyo
158
posted on
03/15/2010 5:38:29 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Thanks for this, American in Tokyo.
Yikes, what an underperforming affirmative-action trainee we have in the White House...
159
posted on
03/15/2010 7:11:19 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("When you're hot, you're hot / And when you're not, you're not." Buster Poindexter and the Banshees)
To: Mrs. Don-o
160
posted on
03/15/2010 8:11:50 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(The straw has broken the camel's back.)
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