April 29
KEK DG, Hirotaka Sugawara received a "Medal with Purple Ribbon" from Japanese Government.

June 1
BELLE found the first event they have been looking for on June 1. They started to take data on May 31 after years of preparation. Details are found in http://belle.kek.jp/

		BELLE detector in KEKB beam line
		BELLE first di-muon event with M (mm)=3.1GeV

June 3 and 4
The Twenty-First Meeting of Japan/US Committee for Cooperation in High Energy Physics was held at KEK. The meeting was co-chaired by S. Yamada of KEK and S. P. Rosen of US DOE.

June 4
Akira Yamamoto of KEK received the Honorary Ph.D. from Uppsala University of Sweden for his contribution to superconducting magnet technology.

July 22-July30
International Science School was held with high school students from 10 countries as well as students from Japanese high schools.