The Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Team is currently engaged in analysing the sample returned from asteroid Ryugu by the Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Project. The Initial Analysis Team consists of six sub-teams and two Phase-2 curation institutions, Okayama University and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research.

A summary of recent results from the Chemical Analysis Team in the Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Team has been published in the American scientific journal, “Science”, on June 10, 2022.