{"id":10785,"date":"2010-02-19T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T01:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2010-02-19T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T01:44:38","slug":"wit-life-77-breakdown-of-the-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/19\/wit-life-77-breakdown-of-the-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #77: Breakdown of the bow"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITLife<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations.<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

An interesting article<\/a> this week in Slate analyzed the intricacies of the Japanese bow and its various gradations.\u00a0 It was in reference to the apology by Toyota President Akio Toyoda at a press conference last week regarding the company’s massive vehicle recall.\u00a0 His chosen bow was a keirei<\/em>, or <\/em><\/a> 30-degree tilt to show respect, though some say he should have opted for a saikeirei<\/em>, <\/em>or full 45- to 90-degree bow intended to show the greatest veneration or humility.<\/p>\n

With the amount of damage control that Toyota needs at this point, perhaps it is true that Toyoda should have overshot with a deeper bow.\u00a0 However, critics were likely placated by yesterday’s news that Toyoda will testify before Congress regarding the recalls, something he had previously said he had no intention of doing.\u00a0 The threat of being subpoenaed by investigators seemed to have persuaded him to accept the formal invitation issued by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that followed an informal one.\u00a0 It remains to be seen how reassuring his testimony will be to the American public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. An interesting article this week in Slate analyzed the intricacies of the Japanese bow and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,30,18,1,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdote-article","category-japan-trends","category-translatinginterpreting","category-uncategorized","category-wit-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t