JENNIFER LOPEZ - LOPEZ'S JAPANESE GAFFE

JENNIFER LOPEZ exposed her lack of world knowledge during a recent trip to Japan to promote her movie SHALL WE DANCE - by failing to recognise the name of the Japanese prime minister.

The superstar was grilled by local reporters keen for her thoughts about the film, a remake of 1996 Japanese movie SHALL WE DANSU?, in which she appears alongside RICHARD GERE.

According to the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, journalists were amused by Gere's resemblance to Japanese premier JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI - a comment that left J.Lo blank-faced.

When someone explained who Koizumi is, Lopez responded, "Really, I'm sorry. That's so funny"