The Space Horticultural Research Center was established on the Matsudo Campus of Chiba University in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. The Center will cooperate with JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to develop varieties that can grow and harvest efficiently in the special environment of space where gravity and pressure are low.
Professor Hideyuki Takahashi, who was appointed as the director of the center, said, "It is expected that more than 2030 people will live on the moon in the 100s"