Japan has been rocked by a second wave of governance scandals that have implicated the national government and the private sector.
Yet, experts see this as a necessary evil as Japanese organisations flush out bad practices to right their ship after a wave of high-profile incidents late last year involving manufacturers such as Kobe Steel, Mitsubishi Materials and Toray Industries, and carmakers Nissan and Subaru.
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