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How Low Will He Go? Obama Gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a Wow Bow

November 15th, 2009 by Los Angeles Times Filed under Featured, Feeds, Free Republic, Politics.[3 views]
(UPDATES: 12:22 p.m. A brief news video has been added below, showing the greeting in this photograph. Contrary to some claims, the video shows no reciprocal bow by the emperor, who traditionally bows to no one. And we've added a file photo from 2007 of Vice President Dick Cheney greeting the Japanese Emperor at the same residence in a different fashion.) How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention...

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