KEK Council Meeting (2/16)
KEK council meeting was held on Feb.16. Major discussion was on the terms of office of KEK Director-General and Directors.

OECD Mega-Science Forum (3/3,7) / JHF workshop (March 4-7)
Japan Hadron Facility (JHF) related workshop was held with over 400 attendants. See page 11-12.

B-Accelerator review (3/ 5-7)
The third KEKB accelerator review committee was held on March 5-7 to review the present status of KEKB accelerator system. This committee is a subcommittee under LCPAC and 10 committee members took part in it.

LCPAC (3/ 9-10)
The annual LCPAC (Lepton Collider Program Advisory Committee) was held on March 9-10. Discussed were the issues of KEKB accelerator, BELLE experiment and R&D on JLC.

APAC (3/23-27)
The first Asian Particle Accelerator Conference (APAC) was held in greatsuccess. See page 7-10.

ATLAS review (3/24)
A one-day review of ATLAS-Japan group was held on March 23rd as the ATLAS-Japan group is nearing the mass production stage.

Steven Chu's colloquium (3/24)
Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate of 1997, who did an experiment at KEK gave a KEK general colloquium on Precision Atom Interferometry.

Symposium on Laser Application to Muon Science (3/25-27)
Symposium “Laser Application to Muon Science” was held at Tsukuba Kyoiku-Kaikan during the period of March 24-27, 1998 with 78 participants including 7 from overseas. 44 presentations and intense discussion covered wide range of topics.

Neutrino beam line (3/25)
On completion of the neutrino beam line civil engineering, the groupe held a party. Installation of Near-Detector and magnets cintinues.



KEK International “Hanami” party (4/3)
KEK International Affairs Division hosted a party under on-site cherry blossoms in full broom. The party went along with an informa tea ceremony.



Colloquium on ITER project (5/27)
President of Japan Atomic Energy Researc Institute, Dr. Masaji Yoshikawa, gave a talk on International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.