It is so hard to believe that I refuse to comment on it. Nearly every Japanese now believes that President Obama is the rudest American president in history.
To make a statement "nearly every Japanese" is not an exaggeration. The Japanese often have opinions that are held by 96% of the population. It is a very homogeous society.
The Prime Minister of Japan was given ten minutes to talk to President Obama, last week, and only Obama talked during the ten minutes. A grave insult, especially since the Prime Minister, Hatoyama, a Leftist like Obama, just recently defeated the 60 year dominant majority LDP party by a large margin.
Then the WaPost reported Obama insiders called Hatoyama "loopy".
Hatoyama's Japanese supporters, like Obama's supporters, had hoped for a new and better Japan-America relationship.
It is no longer a relationship. Its a relationshit.