Non Socialist » Photo Gallery http://non-socialist.com Where facts count Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:46:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 How low will he go? Obama gives Japan’s Emperor Akihito a wow bow http://non-socialist.com/2009/11/how-low-will-he-go-obama-gives-japans-emperor-akihito-a-wow-bow/ http://non-socialist.com/2009/11/how-low-will-he-go-obama-gives-japans-emperor-akihito-a-wow-bow/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:57:24 +0000 thor http://non-socialist.com/?p=348 November 14, 2009 |  3:38 am

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Democrat president Barack Obama bows to Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko 11-09

Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP

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 to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior.

To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. RememberMichelle Obama casually patting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America’s royalty tends to make movies and get bad reviews and lots of money as a sign of respect.

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