Obama bows to Japanese Emperor

lol I forgot about that. I live in Japan and man, there is a lot of food that I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot bamboo pole. You never see that stuff in Japanese restaurants in the US because...well Americans wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot bamboo pole!! :-P H.W. Bush was probably trying to eat everything to be "respectful." Big mistake here. Just eat what's familiar and say you can't eat the other items, or say you're feeling bad. In a formal setting no one will ask you any further.

The bow is a correct greeting in Japan. The person to whom you are bowing is expected to return the bow immediately.
A handshake however is NOT normal, but would be accepted as "international." A bow AND a handshake is completely weird and would throw any Japanese person off. That was Obama's mistake (didn't do his homework) I think the emperor was confused and didn't know what to do, otherwise his natural reaction would be to return the bow. Not returning the bow would be an insult to Obama.

keep talking about teaching. i haven't learned anything from this. you haven't taught anything worth learning. just bullshit. the only thing that was learned here was that you cant bitch slap anyone and i m the one that taught that lesson. i have no hope for you.

I don't care what party you belong to. It doesn't matter. You are an idiot. If you honestly are so fucking dumb that you can't understand that other cultures are not the same as ours and that when we talk to other leaders we take there social mores into consideration. What if the emperor came to America and then refused to shake hands because thats not something he normally does? I understand what you are opinion is and your opinion is why I think you are a moron.

Complete fucking loser. NOT a president....A LOSER!

A loser that made it to be president? Stop talking about yourself that way, just because you can only make money off the BJ's you give to everyone on the streets. Damn.

Yes, a loser that made it to be president because many other losers voted for loser prime, numero uno Barack-Loser -Obama.

Obama is a despicable worm.

A bow of surrender and the offering of the commander's sword is a military practice that was tradition in cease-fire parlays. Since the US has a military tradition similar to the English then a bow resonates negatively with us. I prefer to look at this from a different perspective. In public diplomacy games with foreign cultures you play by different rules; Obama doesn't have to flaunt his power everywhere he goes. If you percieve the post powerful man in the world as weak then your stupid.