The global particle physics community has proposed to design and build an International Linear Collider, a 40 kilometer electron-positron particle accelerator.
 
Prof. Takasaki, the head of Linear Collider Promotion Office at KEK, has been appointed to the Asian regional director in May. “Without doubt, the ILC is a world high-energy physics project of an unprecedented scale,” Takasaki said. “It is an enormous challenge for me to work for it. It is my great honor to be able to work with world respected colleagues such as Barry Barish, Brian Foster and Gerald Dugan in the GDE team. KEK has a plenty of technology expertise accumulated during the construction and operation phases of the KEKB accelerator, which achieved the highest luminosity in the world. I am sure that our experiences with KEKB will contribute to the design of ILC in many ways. I am looking forward to working with all who are coming together around the GDE.”