While Obama is on his tour of Asia, he made a political gaffe by bowing to the Emperor of Japan. A few months earlier he did the same to the Saudi King. Some argue he is respecting culture, but most of the critiques are saying that Obama as the Head of State of the US should never bow (showing subservience) to another head of state. The fact the Emperor is the son of Emperor Hirohito who issued the attack on Pearl Harbor makes this a bit hard to take for many Americans. Obama should have stuck to a handshake on this one in my opinion. He also should have known how this was going to go over, just setting him up for criticism.
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