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Japanese high-energy physics community accelerates ILC effort with new organisation

| 31 January 2021 Since last October a new panel mandated by the Japan Association of High Energy Physicists will lead the Japanese community by developing and executing ILC promotion strategies targeted to a very wide audience, within Japan and abroad, in view of a timely realisation of the ILC project. Their first report is now available online in Japanese and English. Category: Around the World | Tagged: , ,

Strengthening support for the realisation of the ILC

| 31 January 2021 Over the last 15 years, Japanese support for the realisation of the International Linear Collider has grown. People of all stripes — academics, members of industry, artists and everyday science fans — have banded together to voice their support for the building the ILC in Japan. The latest in this wave of support is the formation of a steering panel, which recently reported on an impressive set of efforts to promote the ILC.

LCWS2019 Images

| 1 November 2019 Images slide from International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders (LCWS 2019).

KEK publishes the International Working Group’s Recommendations for International Linear Collider

| 1 November 2019 KEK published a document on the recommendations for the ILC, a next-generation particle physics project, based on the report by the International Working Group on the ILC.

Tohoku leaders hand request letters to Japanese government to invite the ILC

| 27 June 2019 Four organizations urge the Japanese government to express an intention to host the ILC. "I’d like to firmly accept your request," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga when Tohoku leaders handed over request letters. Category: Around the World | Tagged:

From KEK: KEK presented its plan for the ILC project in Lausanne

| 10 May 2019 KEK Director General Masanori Yamauchi updated KEK's activity toward the realization of the ILC in Japan. Category: Around the World | Tagged: , ,

Nobel laureates speak for the ILC

| 4 October 2018 Four Nobel laureates in Physics Sheldon Glashow, Barry Barish, Masatoshi Koshiba and Yoshinori Osumi publicly support the ILC project in a symposium held at the University of Tokyo last August. The ILC is “absolutely essential,” they said, and not just for particle physics. Category: Feature | Tagged: , , ,

LINE sticker “Kawaii Particle Physics” in store soon!!

| 5 April 2018 Sign up to the communication app LINE and get your free "Kawaii Particle Physics!" Category: Around the World | Tagged: ,

Successful visit to Europe: one big step for ILC realisation

| 1 February 2018 A Japanese delegation of 18 persons – Diet members, government officials, industry leaders, and scientists – toured France and Germany in a four-day visit seeking to strengthen relationships towards ILC realisation. Essential view points from the two countries on investment and timescale were clarified and confirmed with the delegation. The importance to include the ILC into the next European strategy for particle physics was also reaffirmed. Category: Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , , ,

ILC constructed in Tokyo’s Roppongi area

| 23 November 2016 A not-to-be-missed event in Tokyo this autumn was a 15-metre-long original art work representing the ILC. Designed by famous architect Jo Nagasaka, the exhibition was built with the help of more than 300 students in a traditional Japanese way with rammed earth. In one week, more than 40,000 enthusiastic visitors had the chance discover the ILC project in a unique way. Category: Around the World | Tagged: , ,