Right after the Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW) 2015 and ILC Tokyo Event, another big milestone for the ILC happened in the United States. From 26 to 30 April, three members of the Diet and members of Japan’s Federation of Diet Members for Promotion of the ILC, Takeo Kawamura, Ryu Shionoya and Shun-ichi Suzuki visited […]
Towards global political support
When the LCC visited the Tohoku region in January, we had an opportunity to see a couple of Diet members and their staff. One of them was very succinct about the problems concerning ILC. He pointed out that the Federation of Diet members to promote a construction of international laboratory for LC boasts more than 20% […]
Evaluating technology spinoffs from ILC in Japan, and visits to Americas
A group of Japanese researchers is on a world tour of research institutes. They are working on a study of the technological and economic spin-offs of the ILC project and trends in research around the world in the fields of particle and nuclear fields, commissioned by Japanese funding agency MEXT. Harry Weerts, LCC Director for […]
Directorate on the road
Recently the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) Directorate visited the proposed location of the International Linear Collider in the Kitakami mountains located in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, north of Sendai city, Japan. LCC members have visited the candidate site several times already, and the purpose of this visit was to evaluate the conditions of transportation of […]
A year with the ILC
At this time in the calendar it is difficult to avoid the temptation to look back at the past year and ahead to the upcoming one. I have proved unable to successfully fight that impulse so the first Directors Corner of 2015 involves some personal observations and conjectures both past and future. For the ILC, […]
Japanese industry getting ready for the ILC
On 3 December, about 200 Japanese businesspeople and scientists gathered in Tokyo to attend the general meeting of the Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and Technology (AAA). This was the last general meeting for the AAA and also the first meeting for the newly incorporated AAA. AAA, Japan’s industry and academia collaboration, was established in […]
ILC: What’s happening in Japan
This article contains more detailed information and updates concerning the on-going ILC decision process in Japan. The main components of this process were already introduced by Hitoshi Yamamoto in the 24-July issue of LC NewsLine. In September 2013, the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) published a report on the ILC. This report contains two key […]
Supporting political developments in Japan
On 1st May 2014, Japan’s Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) established an expert committee to investigate various issues raised by the Science Council of Japan regarding the ILC. Then, two subcommittees were created: one, the ILC particle & nuclear physics subcommittee, to investigate the physics case of the ILC, and the […]
Expert panel for hosting the ILC in Japan meets for the first time
The expert panel to discuss whether to invite the International Linear Collider to Japan held its first meeting in Tokyo on 8 May. This panel, chaired by Shinichi Hirano, Zhiyuan Professor and Special President Advisor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, as well as professor emeritus of Nagoya University, is composed of 17 experts from various academic […]
ILC moves forward in Japan
On 30 September, the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) submitted the report on the study of the International Linear Collider to the Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This was a response to the request by MEXT in May to the council to examine the ILC project including its scientific significance, the […]