No. 50 (2009): ILC R&D Status

Issue Editor: J. Urakawa, Editor-in-Chief: W. Chou

The editor of this issue is Prof. Junji Urakawa, a panel member and senior physicist from KEK. Junji is the leader of the ATF Project of KEK. He chose ILC R&D Status as the theme of this newsletter and collected 10 excellent articles in the theme section. They give a comprehensive review of the status and future plans of the ILC, a leading candidate for the next large particle collider.