Obama bows to Japanese Emperor

Taking a bow to the Japanese "Royalty."

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[Myles0Harcourt]

I note with disdain your use of quotation marks around the word Royalty. I would say that you need to be more tolerant of other cultures. The Japanese, like many, have a different system to that of the United States (Constitutional monarchy) which is still used in a lot of countries. It is protocol to bow to the members of the Japanese royal family. Secodnly in japanese culture you bow as a greeting anyway, so Obama here is just respecting the Japanese and their culture while a guest in Japan.

[ReaversPistol]

@AwesomeKazuaki though, I beleive that pope is below president in western culture due to the seperation of religion and government. Though, correct me if i'm wrong

[doit420sdf]

@Randalthor993 - Overbowing is awkward at best but a also a sign of weakness in Japanese terms, especially in diplomatic situations. Remember that the US is Japans military protector in a volatile region. That is aside from the facts that Hirohito authorised pear harbor, American war victims were used as slaves, the rape of Korea and China, or that Americans have a tradition of repudiating Feudalism, Empire and Royalty, or that Obama is a maniacal warmonger.

Impeach now.

[arivas713]

!!AHA I KNEW IT!! [sarcasm]

[Randalthor993]

bowing is a form of meeting and respect. even those above someone bows to people, and if equal footing bowing can become a complicated process. in the west bowing is looked at as submission, but in the east its different. its like a handshake in the west and knowing how long your suppose to hold it. though even in the west the handshake is disappearing to things like the fist bump

[AwesomeKazuaki]

The emperor have 2600 years history. can you understand the means? The emperor 2600 years history is not an authoritarian and was democracy.

In the world there are a tops and bottoms. Emperor, Pope, King, Queen, President, Premier..... General and Soldiers. So, President Obama the bows was gentlemanly.

Incidentally, I think that a good rule of US has Indian King.

[1algerial1]

@MagnusJohanssonSWE

lol Learn to argue with backing up your points - sweden ;)

[1algerial1]

@3SRBIJACCCC

your right about that any foreign has to bow to kings and crowns etc. in many countries - A custom that has existed for centuries and it has never excluded the president of the U.s to do that

Americans learn little about world history in school - sorry to say that is is a fact.