Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor Akihito

46 handshakes, One bow

Compilation of Emperor Akihito shaking hands with other foreign (and domestic) leaders, juxtaposed to Obama shaking hands with Emperor Akihito. Does anyone notice the difference? (Hint: Look at the angle created between Obama's Legs and torso)

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November 14, 2009
President of the United States, Barack Obama 

July 15, 2009
Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Timothy Keating 

July 15, 2009
Lt. Governor ofHawaii, James Aiona Jr. 

July 9, 2009
Premiere of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty 

June 18, 2009
President of the Phillipines, Gloria Arroyo

January 26, 2009
First Lady of Bulgaria, Zorka Parvanova

October 22, 2008
Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh

January 23, 2009
Prime Minister of Latvia, Ivars Godmanis 

July 10, 2008
Prime Minister ofCanada,Stephen Harper

June 19,2008
President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev 

June 10, 2008
Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen

June 5, 2008
President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul 

May 23, 2008
President of Laos, Choummaly Sayasone

May 9, 2008
President of China, Hu Jintao

May 7, 2008
First Lady of China, Liu Yongqing

May 7, 2008
President of China, Hu Jintao

May 7, 2008
President of China, Hu Jintao

April 21, 2008
President of South Korea, Lee Myung Bak 

April 21, 2008
Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša 

April 11, 2008
Prime Minister ofFrance, Francois Fillon

March 17, 2008
President of Peru, Alan Garcia

February 27, 2008
Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert

November 28, 2007
President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet 

November 26, 2007
President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet 

October 5, 2007
King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf 

August 30,2007
Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel

August 25,2007
President of the IAAF, Lamine Diack 

June 9, 2007
President of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun

May 26, 2007
President of Lithuania, ValdasAdamkus

April 17,2007
President of Pakistan, Asif AliZardari 

April 14,2007
King of Jordan, Abdullah II 

April 12, 2007
Primier of China, Wen Jiabao

March 29,2007
Queen of Sweden, Silvia Sommerlath 

February 21,2007
Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney 

February 14,2007
President ofCzech Republic, Vaclav Klaus

November 27, 2006
President ofIndonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

November 27, 2006
President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

July 6, 2006
President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

June 13, 2006
King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej

November 30, 2005
King Of Morocco, Mohammed VI 

November 28, 2005
King of Morocco, Mohammed VI 

November 22, 2005
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin

March 28, 2005
First Lady of France, Bernadette Chirac

December 6, 2004
President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika 

April 21, 2004
President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akaev 

October 15, 2003
First Lady of Mexico, Martha Sahagun de Fox  

February 21, 2003
President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

November 14, 2009
President of the United States, Barack Obama

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[DNASt1st]

i'd say if your at there home ..you bow. when they show up in usa soil then shake hands. don't see the big deal about this at all. you should follow traditions not just break them cause america thinks they can do what they want when they want.

[Steven Jerome Ingco]

Emperors has the highest rank in monarchies. They have a higher rank than kings and queens. We can see here kings and queens shaking hands with the Emperor without a bow or curtsy.

[darkzombeify]

not even close this video is fucking gay as fucking shit fuck.

[alexdhamp]

Maybe because the one that made this used only pictures that didn't depict them doing so? Or maybe they just don't have respect or they just didn't want to.

[LivingSymbiote]

Exactly... What a nation of incredulous rednecks. Too much John Wayne and Clint Eastwood in these people's diets. Crazy times we are still living in.

[alexdhamp]

Japanese don't address the Emperor as their God, either. They call him "His Imperial Majesty"...

[alexdhamp]

That explains it...PersonalityDeficit lacks respect.

[alexdhamp]

"When in Rome, do as Romans do"... guess the Obama haters forget this saying. Guy's just trying to be respectful and give a courtesy of observing their customs.

[ANTBKN]

emperors >>>>>>>>presidents. human common sense.

[AristocraticGaming]

It's nothing to do with rank, the title for a monarch just depends on the name that which they rule. For example a kingdom or an empire. 

[Nat4Brendan]

That makes you a dick. Sorry to be the one to break this to you.

[CCQues]

Its an expression of respect.......