Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized online by people in Japan for his “bad manners” after footage of the APEC forum summit in Peru showed him greeting other leaders while remaining seated.
Footage showed Ishiba checking his smartphone while seated as leaders including Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim approached him. Ishiba looked up from his phone and shook hands but did not stand up.
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