Founded in 1991 by Tsutomu Hotta, former inspector and lawyer, under the name Sawayaka Welfare Promotion Center, it has been promoting its Fureai kippu system as a means to make a new “Fureai society”.
In 1991, Tsutomu Hotta, a former law enforcement officer and attorney, founded the Sawayaka Welfare Promotion Center, which has been advocating for its Fureai kippu system as a means to foster a novel "open society".