Naturally, there was nothing but silence even after the Japanese press secretary left the press room… as there was no one else but him in the room.
On the other hand, there was clamor and cheers in the White House press room.
Most of the press members were locals, and this particular incident looked pretty bad; it really brought shame as a compatriot just thinking about it.
However, with the Japanese taking most of the blame already, that was about ninety percent of the public backlash and in