Japanese News: Obama Visit “Worst in History”

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A report in the Japanese news magazine Shukan Bunshun has some startling news from the recent Obama trip to Japan….main thing that was taken away from the visit?

…”it had to have been the worst US-Japan Summit Meeting in history”

The article was translated here:

Indications that it would be chaotic were picked up in advance, even before President Obama arrived in Japan. “Even within the Japanese government there was and is still no agreement among the Japanese Cabinet Ministers on what to do about the Futenma USMC station in Okinawa situation (moving it to an offshore location or elsewhere), and for that reason the decision was being put in a holding pattern because of it, the US peppered their disbelief at Japan, stating “we don’t know just who is saying what and if it is true on your side, the decision is taking too long.” And that is when the U.S. side sent their anger to Japan in message form by their highly unusual, sudden, last-minute change in the schedule of Obama to come to Japan, a US journalist source revealed.

–The plan was for Obama to arrive in Japan on the November 12, have his summit meeting with Hatoyama on the 13th, and thereby jet out of Japan the following day, the 14th to Singapore for the APEC Summit meeting. The US journalist also revealed that the Obama administration made the sudden request to change this schedule for Obama to the 13th (arrival in Japan), on November 7. Said the same US journalist source, “their excuse for the delay was the shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas on the US Army base on November 5. But the fact of the matter is, the memoral service was on the November 10 and only took a day trip for Obama whereupon he returned immediately to Washington. After that, he had the National Security Council meeting on policy in Afghanistan on November 11th. However, he could have departed Washington D.C. right after that and could have still landed in Japan as everyone agreed and planned on, for the 12th.”

–Additional screw-ups that created a possible conflict with the Emperor’s schedule and the entire Cabinet celebrating his 20 years on the throne, can be traced to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. A ruling Democratic Party of Japan spokesperson said “at any rate, with four days in China for Obama, the fact is China is the big thing for them.”

–Obama was made to wait five minutes in a car at the entrance way to the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, which as seen as not only a diplomatic discourtesy, but a breach of security procedures, and furthermore it would be recalled the Prime Minister and his wife had kept Obama waiting for a long time in Pittsburg at the G-20 dinner as well, says foreign affairs specialist Oyama.

It may have been felt as a diplomatic slight to get back at the Americans because of the very sudden, troublesome last minute schedule change.

–A DPJ ruling party official stated to Shukan Bunshun, that “in the Obama-Hatoyama summit itself, the Japanese side had a total of 14 officials, including six cabinet ministers, the Foreign Minister Okada, the Defense Minister Kitazawa, etc. but on the American side it was only “Team Obama” staff and hardly anybody else. There was agreement in advance that there would be no detailed discussion on any topics, and there was not even a dynamic give-and-take discussion in the meeting. It was to the point that even on the American side, there were those in the Obama delegation who were yawning and even some who were nodding off right there in the meeting.

–Prime Minister Hatoyama essentially left Obama on Japanese soil while he went ahead of Obama to the Singapore summit of APEC, leaving on the November 14 even while Obama still had major events in Japan such as delivering a major live speech and visiting the Imperial Palace, so this to was seen perhaps as a message leaving ahead of him like that as a country’s host, observed a reporter attached to the Prime Minister’s beat. The reason to go to Singapore like that was to tape-cut the grand opening of a Japan information center, but in order to do that, cutting time to be spent with the President of the US on Japanese soil is rather unprecedented, journalist Michael Yu observed.

–Before the US-Japan summit, the leader of the Socialist Party of Japan Ms. Fukushima, threatened that if the US Marines would move their base up to (the) Henoko offshore reef from the current Futenma location, then she would leave the Hatoyama coalition government. Well it seems Prime Minister Hatoyama is more afraid of Socialist Party leader Fukushima than he is President Obama of the USA, that is why he reversed himself on the committment about settling Futenma USMC Station issue so soon after meeting Obama.

–A source in the US government stated “US-Japan relations are having a problem, but it is not a crisis.” –However, it does seem a crisis is approaching as we speak.

And lets not forget the bow:

Before we get to his other multiple fluffs and diplomatic errors, let’s explain what Obama was telling the Japanese people with his absurdly low bow. The sort of bow that Obama made is almost that of a “dogeza” bow. This is a sort of bow that is so low as to be considered a prostrated position. It is seen as an apology, a supplication, not a sign of respect.

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Embarrassing.

Worst.Administration.Evah……..

Obama is a dithering fool. We need Japan as an ally if only for the reason that China is afraid to death of Japan even to this present day. Japan can keep China in check when all that Obama can do is beg the Chineese for more money.

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“. . .what Obama was telling the Japanese people with his absurdly low bow. The sort of bow
that Obama made is almost that of a “dogeza” bow. This is a sort of bow that is so low as to
be considered a prostrated position. It is seen as an apology, a supplication, not a sign of
respect.”
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Wasn’t this just another planned chapter on the 2009 oBOWma World Apology Tour? He knew exactly what he was doing/symbolizing.

I wonder how sheltered O is from the Japanese media reaction and the fact the Prime Minister left him alone in Japan.

Stay tuned for details on his 2010 World Apology Tour. . .I bet he travels even more next year as his numbers plummet. . .to seek approval/adoration. . .and to continue his campaign for an unspecified world leadership position.

having sat through more meetings than I would care to remember in Asia, the fact that there was nothing substantive discussed is no surprise at all. However, having a meeting with 10 principals on the one side and 1 on the other simply isn’t done.

There is something odd about that one. The Japanese are masters of protocol, so there would be no accident with keeping Obama cooling his heels. If anything, they would have been extremely apologetic.

at the same time, slat, Japan needs the US as a foil against the Chinese, as do the Koreans. Of course, wthere Dear leader even realizes the nuance of the game over there is a legitimate question.

I think the Japanese have caught on and concluded that this is a complete non-entity, and are signalling it in ways which are blatant and contemptuous in their own cultural language.

The percentage of those who voted for him who are deeply embarrassed and enraged at having been suckered is going to grow, and grow, and grow …

Greetings:

Since the implementation of the government’s analog-to-digital TV conversion, I have been receiving several new Asian oriented stations, most notably NHK (Japanese), KBS (Korean), and NWSA (South Asian) that either have subtitles or broadcast in English. I was so impressed by their different perspectives that I now spend more time watching foreign broadcasts than American. RT (Russian) and DW (German) are also points of interest, but the Asian stations are the most interesting. It’s interesting to see what they put in and what they leave out compared to the American broadcasts. Occasionally, I look at the BBC but their anti-Israel, pro-“Palestinian” propaganda usually drives me away before too long.

Japanese Folks do not recognize a half Kenyan clown as an American Presidency.
Bowing is just ridiculous.

Pretender shows his true colors.

This was a well planned and deftly executed plan to get some payback on the Japs for Pearl Harbor. We dropped the O-bomb on them. The bow was only a ruse to launch a skillful Chicago crotch attack which the details must be withheld for National Security reasons and to protect the faint of heart.