A research team led by Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was rewriting experimental data. JAXA conducted an experiment from 2016 to the following year to investigate the stress on the human body in an environment where communication is not possible.
There were a total of 2 cases of inappropriate research such as fabrication and falsification. The main cause of this time was the missed opportunity to make improvements autonomously without starting the analysis of the cause of the problem. The agency has established a data management procedure manual and newly assigned a person in charge, as well as revised the Code of Ethics.