President Trump in Japan held talks with PM Abe on Sunday. The President boasted on the strong US-Japan alliance. On North Korea, Japan and South Korea are placing tougher sanctions against the Stalinist nation. The President will be attending the APEC summit in VietNam.
President Trump made headlines -- as he always does, anywhere -- there by showing off his 'taste' in the local culture. His hamburger lunch now is of their favorite topics of conversation. One of the most famed one is in the episode of how he fed the fish in a very exotic environment with women in kimono accompanied by PM Abe.
Koi is the national fish of Japan, and is a symbol of wealth, among other things. It appears in many stories and legends, some in very religious contexts. It carries the messages of the God, in some cases in human form telling us the value of life, condemning greed. People have cherished its gracious and glorious features.
If you pay a little closer attention watching the video, the President only followed the way PM Abe feeding the fish, in his interpretation. The photo, however, caught the precious moment of -- his showing perhaps the "true self", as they term it, of the difference in values and culture. Granted his gesture is taken as innocent and rather "understandable", or even funny and cute, it might carry some messages of the West, symbolically.
President Trump made headlines -- as he always does, anywhere -- there by showing off his 'taste' in the local culture. His hamburger lunch now is of their favorite topics of conversation. One of the most famed one is in the episode of how he fed the fish in a very exotic environment with women in kimono accompanied by PM Abe.
Koi is the national fish of Japan, and is a symbol of wealth, among other things. It appears in many stories and legends, some in very religious contexts. It carries the messages of the God, in some cases in human form telling us the value of life, condemning greed. People have cherished its gracious and glorious features.
If you pay a little closer attention watching the video, the President only followed the way PM Abe feeding the fish, in his interpretation. The photo, however, caught the precious moment of -- his showing perhaps the "true self", as they term it, of the difference in values and culture. Granted his gesture is taken as innocent and rather "understandable", or even funny and cute, it might carry some messages of the West, symbolically.