In 1976, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, agreed to resign his positions with the Dutch armed forces and industry following severe criticism of his behavior by a commission of inquiry into a Lockheedbriberyscandal.
Mr Hotta, a public prosecutor who led the investigation into the Lockheedbriberyscandal in the 1970s before founding his welfare body, believes that one of the biggest problems is the paucity of organisations in Japan to channel the good intentions of would-be volunteers.