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Tel Aviv, May 8 (TNS): Japanese are furious as their prime minister was humiliated in Israel where he was served dessert in a shoe.<\/p>\n
There aren\u2019t that many cultures where putting a shoe on the dining room table is acceptable behavior, but for the Japanese there\u00a0is clear\u00a0etiquette\u00a0against allowing outdoor shoes inside.<\/p>\n
That might explain the furor following a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, to Israel last week.<\/p>\n
After a day of high-level meetings on May 2, the Japanese leader was treated to a festive meal at the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu. It was their second time in Israel, and the visiting couple were served\u00a0a top-notch meal by celebrity Israeli chef Segev Moshe.<\/p>\n
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But then\u00a0came dessert.\u00a0A selection of delectable chocolate\u00a0pralines\u00a0\u2014 artistically arranged inside a shiny leather shoe.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s popular daily newspaper\u00a0Yediot Aharonot\u00a0wrote that \u201cJapanese diplomats, Israeli Foreign Ministry officials and high-ranking Israeli diplomats who previously served in Japan were shocked by the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an insensitive decision,\u201d the article quoted one unidentified senior Israeli official as saying. \u201cThere is nothing lowlier than a shoe in Japanese culture. Not only do they not wear shoes at home, you also won\u2019t find shoes in their offices. This is disrespect of the first order.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Japanese diplomat, also not named by the paper, said: \u201cThere\u2019s no culture in the world in which you put shoes on the table. What was the distinguished chef thinking? If it was humor, we don\u2019t think it is funny; we were offended on behalf of our prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry said it was not involved in approving the dishes for the meal.<\/p>\n
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