Israel offended Japan’s prime minister by serving him dessert out of a shoe, which Japanese people ‘despise’

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• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife had their dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife interrupted by an offensive cultural faux pas — dessert was served in a shoe. 
• Shoes are “despised” in Japanese culture, and it’s a weird idea in any case to serve food out of a shoe.
• A Japanese diplomat called it offensive and questioned what the meal, prepared by an Israeli celebrity chef, was trying to accomplish.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife had their dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife interrupted by an offensive cultural faux pas — dessert was served in a shoe. 

While serving food out of a shoe seems like an odd choice for any culture, it has a special and offensive connotation in Japan. 

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