Herman’s got the Japanese vote.
Having said that, by and large, Obama is still treated somewhat as a Rock Star and a Messiah in Japan (as presented to the Japanese through most of their news sources), although that has trailed off dramatically over four years. Kind of like Gorbachev. Popular overseas but disliked immensely within Russia where he was known the best. However, Japanese are in fact getting the message slowly but surely that Obama is an "empty suit" in well over his neck...most of them picked it up right away from that foolish, amateurish, awkward 75degree bow before their Emperor, and also Obama senior WH staff falling asleep or yawning in important high level bilateral meetings in Tokyo when Obama was here about two years ago, because of jetlag or boredom, despite probably copious amounts of coffee being offered by gracious yet insulted Japanese hosts. Japanese people (taken as a larger culture) know and sense one thing immediately: weakness in a person. They sensed strength in this man years ago when that was what they were told by the US MSM which they just mimicked--and all through the inaugural hoopla and all that crap, but now by and large here in late 2011 they know THE TRUTH.
Empty suit weakening America on a daily basis.