Ano hi (あの日- That Day) was published by Kodansha. In her account of the controversy, Obokata relates her association with Wakayama, writing that "crucial parts of the STAP experiments were handled only by Wakayama", that she received the STAP cells from Wakayama, and that Wakayama "changed his accounts of how the STAP cells were produced." Obokata later wrote "I feel a strong sense of responsibility for the STAP papers [...], "I never wrote those papers to deceive anyone," and "STAP was real." A short essay by Obokata appeared in the May 17, 2018, issue of Shukan Bunshun magazine, in which she described herself as "a person who has been hounded". See also FFP (Falsification, Fabrication and Plagiarism) Academic dishonesty Scientific misconduct Masayuki Yamato List of scientific misconduct incidents References External links STAP HOPE PAGE by Haruko Obokata, March 25, 2016 Center for Developmental Biology at RIKEN Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming at RIKEN 1983 births 2014 hoaxes 21st-century Japanese scientists Academic scandals Hoaxes in Japan Hoaxes in science Japanese biologists Japanese women scientists Living people People from Matsudo People involved in scientific misconduct incidents Riken personnel Stem cell researchers Waseda University alumni Women biologists 21st-century women scientists