koji, do you think the reform plan will be sufficient for the public prosecutors to regain public trust? >> it depends on how strictly the prosecutors will carry out the plan. before, a series of scandals took place. they were seen as protectors of japanese justice. the special units arrested powerful lawmakers including a former prime minister, often in connection with money scandals. but the entire institution was shaken by a recent case in which three prosecutors were arrested in connection with evidence tampering. soon after, a series of accusations including this case came to light. an nhk survey conducted just after the case broke suggests 60% of the public no longer trusts the prosecutor's office. >> now, these false accusations by the prosecutors, what are the factors behind these accusations? >> first, we should note that more than 99% of defendants in japan are found guilty. prosecutors tend to concentrate the attention on evidence that is advantageous to them and direct their investigation in a calculated way. the supreme public prosecutor's office conducted a survey of 1,400