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)

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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[cnuernberg]

P. Obama is a young person. It is okay to show respect by bowing since the Emperor and the Empress shook hands. Plus, the Empress is wearing a Kimono (not a simple dress and hat) to welcome the President. To me it is a sign of high respect and ... friendship by Their Imperial Majesties to someone not their same! One must "deserve" such from Their I. M., and President Obama did. That goes beyond protocol. I would not imagine The President bowing to anybody else, though.

[MiGustaTacoBell]

Well he has already bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia too

[nervouss]

BIG DEAL, next video please.

[MiGustaTacoBell]

I will have a new one up shortly

[kuroukuro]

I think this is over-analyzing the whole situation.

[MiGustaTacoBell]

What is there to over analyze? The Messiah bowed to Akihito... End of story. I dont think the President should bow to anybody... They are all leaders of their country's and nothing more. You dont see any other nations bowing...

[moestavern1983]

You see other people shaking hands with your president, right? In Japan bowing shows respect, everybody does it and all the time. However, handshakes are uncommon. What would you say, if leaders refused to shake hands with Obama? It's formal etiquette. He was just being respectful, it doesn't mean anything besides that - and it definitely does not show weakness like some news station tried to imply. It's nice to see an American President actually know a bit about the culture he is visiting!

[ValianTiger]

@jjyzzang8456 FUCKIN FUGLY KOREAN PIG TORTURER DON'T PRETEND AS IF YOU ARE FROM CHINA!

[Azian2008]

this is call RESPECT and friendship, ...

[LesPaulCustom79]

@moestavern1983 Are you kidding me, O-bow-ma doesn't know anything about international etiquette. All he knows about is Chicago corrupt politics.

[LesPaulCustom79]

I surprised O-bow-ma didn't give the Emperor of Japan a squeeze on the dome he was done there so long.

[paulmpianist1]

Pope John Paul II used to kiss the ground every time he got off a plane in some country. I didn't like that really, but the opposite extreme from humility causes more problems than overly humble. Obama bowing to other country leaders isn't shameful or disgraceful. Most other nationals would look at it in favor of the United States.

[wcwashington]

"THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!" - Chicken Little

[isaiah0137]

A sign of humility and respect.....that is all. 

[jjyzzang8456]

why is obama bowing to monkey ?? they are just murderer !! they killed a lot of asian just for fun and they didn't say any sorry to them. on the contrary, they criticise at asian who was killed by japanese. and they didn't teach their children the history.

it's same as bowing to Nazis hitler

[jjyzzang8456]

why is obama bowing to monkey?

[Aiyoukim]

The only thing to analyze here is the size of that midget.