KEK participates 24-hour online event around the globe on June 5, World Environment Day

2023/06/02 Topics

KEK participates 24-hour online event around the globe on June 5, World Environment Day

The Webinarathon will begin at 14:00 Japan time on June 5, and will consist of a series of six online webinars. Japan will be in the first time zone and…

2023/05/22 Topics

Science Cafe for future scientists: Over 900 people watched live online

Students enjoyed learning about Higgs research and the ILC at the Science Cafe with Prof. Shoji Asai and Shunki Sugai of QuizKnock ILCNewsLine

2023/05/22 ACCL ARL Topics

Professor Emeritus Akira Yamamoto receives high Japanese Order

[ILCNewsLine] Prof. Emeritus of KEK and former ILC Project Manager Akira Yamamoto received high Japanese Order, recognizing his many years of distinguished service in particle physics.

2023/05/17 ACCL Topics

SOKENDAI student’s paper was selected as Editors’ suggestion in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams! – Machine study revealed beam oscillations not predicted by the theory –

Accelerator Laboratory of KEK accepts graduate students majoring in accelerator science at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) and provides them with research guidance toward their degrees. An outstanding…

2023/04/12 IPNS Topics

A lively school beyond nationalities: Report on the 6th Particle Physics School in South-east Asia (PPSSEA)

The Particle Physics School in Southeast Asia (PPSSEA) has been held every two years since 2011 with the aim of fostering young researchers and establishing a scientific and technological foundation…

2023/03/23 ACCL Topics

Professor Emeritus Eiji Kako was awarded Suwa Prize

Professor Emeritus Eiji Kako of the KEK Accelerator Laboratory was awarded the Suwa Prize from the Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science.

2023/03/01 QUP Topics

QUP director; Masashi Hazumi was appointed as a member of the Copernican Academy in Poland.

Poland has established the Copernican Academy on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of Copernicus' birth. The QUP Director, Dr. Masashi Hazumi, along with Nobel Laureates in Physics Dr. Art…

2023/01/18 QUP Topics

The 1st anniversary symposium of QUP, “QUPosium” was held.

The symposium "QUPosium 2022" and the inauguration ceremony were held at Tsukuba International Congress Center EPOCHAL TSUKUBA on December 13-15, 2022, to celebrate the first anniversary of QUP.

2022/12/16 J-PARC Topics

UK Minister for Science, Research and Innovation visits J-PARC

On December 14th, George Freeman MP, UK Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and his delegation visited J-PARC in Tokai, Ibaraki.

2022/11/09 ACCL Topics

Dr. Min Yang received Isamu Abe Prize at the PCaPAC 2022 workshop

Dr. Min Yang in the KEK accelerator Laboratory was awarded the Isamu Abe Prize at the PCaPAC 2022 workshop in October 2022, hosted by ELI Beamlines Facility in Prague, Czech…

2022/09/12 ACCL Topics

Takayuki Kubo at iCASA was granted IOP trusted reviewer status

IOP Trusted Reviewer is a system to recognize outstanding reviewers by IOP Publishing, the publisher of the Institute of Physics (IOP), which handles high-impact journals worldwide in various research fields.…

2022/09/01 Topics

The Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Kingdom of Spain, KEK and UTokyo Sign MoU to Promote Hyper-Kamiokande Project

UTokyo President Fujii (left), MCIN Secretary General for Research Division Yotti (center) and KEK Director General Yamauchi (right) signing the MoU respectively

2022/06/23 ACCL IMSS Topics

Just 40 years ago, the Photon Factory generated its first synchrotron radiation

Synchrotron radiation was called the "dream light" that would revolutionize science and technology. Photon Factory emerged as a cutting-edge technology 40 years ago and has continued to function as an…

2022/05/19 Topics

British Ambassador to Japan Visited KEK

On May 10, 2022, Her Excellency Ms. Julia Longbottom, British Ambassador to Japan, visited KEK.

2022/04/21 Topics

The 44th Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Committee for Cooperation in High Energy Physics

The 44th U.S.-Japan Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on High Energy Physics was held on April 14th and 15th at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).

2022/04/12 Topics

ICFA reconfirms the international consensus on the importance of a Higgs Factory as the highest priority

At its 90th meeting held on 29th and 30th March, the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) issued the statement regarding Higgs Factory development and the ILC.

2022/02/25 Topics

Next step toward the ILC realization: MEXT expert panel publishes recommendations

An expert panel organized by MEXT kept discussions to evaluate the progress of the ILC activities. On 14 February, the panel issued their recommendations, pointing out following five main points.

2022/02/24 IPNS Topics

Dr. Minxi He at KEK Theory Center got the Outstanding Presentation Award

In the 30th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG30), Dr. Minxi He who is a researcher at KEK Theory Center got the Outstanding Presentation Award. JGRG is…

2022/02/15 ACCL Topics

Professor Emeritus Eiji Kako elected Chair of the TESLA Technology Collaboration (TTC)

Professor Emeritus Eiji Kako of KEK’s Accelerator Laboratory has been elected Chairman of the TESLA Technology Collaboration (TTC), an international organization of researchers working on research and development related to…

2022/02/14 Topics

NCBJ in Poland, KEK and UTokyo Sign MoU to Promote Hyper-Kamiokande Project

National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) in Poland, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which aimed to promote…

2022/02/01 ACCL IMSS Topics

Associate Professor Kentaro Harada of Photon Factory joins the Lightsources.org video campaign

Lightsources.org is the result of a collaboration between communicators from light source facilities around the world. This platform groups 23 synchrotrons and 7 FEL facilities, and the Photon Factory is…

2022/01/31 Column Topics

2022 New Year’s Address

Happy New Year to you all. I sincerely hope that 2022 will be a fruitful and successful year for you, your families, and for KEK. Last year, 2021, marked the…

2022/01/04 IMSS Topics

Dr. Nur Ika Puji Ayu, SOKENDAI, received School of High Energy Accelerator Science Dean’s Award

In September 2021, Dr. Nur Ika Puji Ayu of the Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), received the…

2021/12/27 ACCL Topics

SuperKEKB has renewed the luminosity world records again!

The 2021c run of SuperKEKB started on October 19th and ended successfully on December 23rd. Continuing from the previous 2021b run (April 1st to July 5th), the physics experiments at…

2021/08/11 IPNS Topics

A new logo for the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies.

A new logo for the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies has been created. The logo shows “IPNS”, the Institute’s abbreviation. The ellipse with an “i” dot represents both an…

2021/07/29 Topics

The 2nd Jennifer2 Summer School on Particle Physics and Detectors

The "2nd Jennifer2 Summer School on Particle Physics and Detectors" was held from July 19 to 27 for undergraduate and graduate students to learn about particle physics. Although this was…

2021/06/16 Topics

KEK has formulated the KEK Roadmap 2021

KEK has formulated the KEK Roadmap in FY2007 and FY2013 (revised in 2016 and 2019) as a guideline for research promotion. In conjunction with the start of the 4th medium-range…

2021/06/16 Topics

The Second KEK Scientific Advisory Committee meeting held in March

The second meeting of the KEK Scientific Advisory Committee was held in March 2021. Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, the meeting was three day online meeting, on March 19,…

2021/06/08 Topics

KEK-DESY Directorate Meeting was held on May 18th and new framework agreement was concluded

The 8th KEK-DESY directorate meeting was held on Tuesday, May 18th between KEK and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DESY) to provide a forum for their communication of representatives. The first meeting…

2021/06/08 Topics

KEK-Irfu-IN2P3 Directorate Meeting was held on May 7th

The KEK-Irfu-IN2P3 directorate meeting was held on Friday, May 7th between KEK and the French National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3) and Institute for Research on the fundamental…

2021/05/26 Topics

US-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Project (High Energy Physics) Mini-Symposium and Joint Committee Meeting was held from April 22 (Thu) to 24 (Sat).

The US-Japan mini-symposium on high-energy physics was held online from April 22 (Thu) to 24 (Sat). This symposium was held to commemorate the 30th and 40th anniversaries of the US-Japan…

2021/05/24 Column Topics

At the Outset of Fiscal 2021

This year is an important year for KEK. Not only is it a special year because of KEK’s 50th anniversary, it is also the year in which to carry out…

2021/03/31 Topics

Extension of the MoU on scientific and technological cooperation between DST, Government of India and IMSS, KEK was concluded on 23 March.

His Excellency Mr. Sanjay Kumar Varma, Ambassador of India as a representative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Dr. Nobuhiro Kosugi, Director of Institute of Material Structure…

2021/03/23 Topics

The Asian Forum for Accelerators and Detectors “AFAD 2021” was held from March 16 (Tue.) to 18 (Thu.).

The Asian Forum for Accelerators and Detectors "AFAD 2021" was held from March 16 (Tue.) to 18 (Thu.). AFAD is a forum established in 2011 for the further development of…

2021/02/24 J-PARC Topics

The Announcement of the Next Director of J-PARC Center

2021/01/20 Column Topics

2021 New Year’s Address

A Happy New Year to you all. I sincerely hope that 2021 will be a fruitful and successful year for you, your families, and for KEK. Last year, and in…

2020/12/10 Topics

THE AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA TO DR. MASANORI YAMAUCHI

On December 2nd, the awarding ceremony for the Order of Merit of the Republic of Slovenia, awarded to Dr. Masanori Yamauchi, the Director General of KEK, was held at the…

2020/09/11 Topics

Withdrawal of ILC project application to MEXT Roadmap

In February 2020, KEK submitted an application to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for adoption of the ILC project as part of the “Fundamental Concept…

2020/09/11 Topics

ICFA appoints members for the ILC International Development Team

The international effort to realise the next major particle collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), has a new team to lead the project. Today the International Committee for Future Accelerators…

2020/07/16 Topics

The KEK Roadmap Open Symposium was held on July 6, 2020.

The KEK Roadmap Open Symposium was held on July 6, 2020 at KEK with remote connections. In order to describe the research strategy of KEK for 5 years (2014-2018), the…