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(Wednesday, January 8, 1992, 8:20 p.m. Japan Standard Time; during the George H. W. Bush vomiting incident) — U.S. President George H.W. Bush fainted tonight in Tokyo while attending a banquet at the home of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, and then vomited in Miyazawa’s lap.

Between the second course (raw salmon with caviar) and the third (grilled beef with peppery sauce), the president pushed back in his chair and fainted. His chin slumped to his chest, his body reeled to his left, and he vomited onto Miyazawa’s pants.

Horrified, Barbara Bush leaped to her feet and held a napkin to her husband’s mouth, and a Secret Service agent vaulted over the table to catch the president before he tumbled.

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As Miyazawa cradled the head of his guest, Bush’s entourage gently lowered him to the floor. The president’s eyes fluttered open, and he quipped to his personal physician, Dr. Burton Lee, “Roll me under the table until the dinner’s over.”

Within a few minutes, Bush was on his feet, white as a sheet, but gamely smiling, assuring dinner guests he had influenza and left for the evening. Doctors later attributed the incident to a case of acute gastroenteritis.

The following day, Jan. 9, 1992, Bush held a news conference with Akihito at the Akasaka Palace.