"You know how things are in Japan," Yoshio scoffed. "Fat! Lazy! Full of elderly people, far behind the times ..." He tapped his cup and Mika poured him sake. "Too much success in Japan! It’s Japanese politics that created this world crisis. Too much behind the scenes. Too many polite lies— hipokurasi ..." He used the English word. The Japanese terms for the word hyprocrisy sounded too much like compliments.