Bush ‘Worship’ at Shinto Temple Troubles Christians in Japan and U.S.
When President Bush entered the ornately beautiful Shinto Temple erected to house the spirits of the late Emperor Meiji he clapped once and bowed deeply, following the common etiquette of worship at such shrines. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Japan was left sitting in the car–forbidden from entering the shrine by a postwar constitution written by the U.S.