A year ago, SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi gave a speech at the United Nations University in Tokyo about children.
Though the speech was well received, Kusanagi wasn't completely satisfied. He felt he hadn't clearly communicated what he wanted to say and needed to know more. So he went to Thailand to visit orphaned children, an experience that will be presented as a special one-hour feature on this week's edition of "SMAP×SMAP" (Fuji TV, Monday, 10 p.m.).
Kusanagi stayed at the House of Hope, an orphanage located in a mountainous region. The children who live in the orphanage come from impoverished tribes. In many cases, they lost parents to either AIDS or drug addiction.