Article snippet: Wrapping up the first stop in a grueling five-country swing through Asia, President Trump and the first lady were treated to several Japanese cultural moments over the business of international diplomacy. President Trump and the first lady visited the Imperial Palace for a traditional “state call” meeting with the Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. In greeting the emperor, the president nodded his head and shook hands with the emperor but notably did not bow. The issue of whether and how to bow to the Japanese emperor has been a matter of contested protocol, with more than one past president receiving criticism for how they bowed. Most recently, former President Obama was critiqued for how he bowed before the emperor, which some cultural watchers said was too deep of a bow for the rank of a U.S. president. Ahead of his own lunch with Prime Minister Abe and an expanded U.S. and Japanese delegation at Akasaka Palace Monday, the president treated the palace Koi to a hearty lunch of their own. Standing on a balcony above a pond, Trump and Abe were presented with wooden boxes of fish food and proceeded to sprinkle the food into the pond below with spoons. After throwing several spoonfuls of food, Trump, and Abe, turned over the box, dumping all of the remaining food to the fish below. Prime Minister Abe’s wife, Akie Abe, brought the first lady on a visit to a Japanese elementary school Monday, where the first lady learned t... Link to the full article to read more