It was decided by HEPC that the ILC promotion activities by the Japanese high energy physics community are integrated into the ILC-Japan and the ILC Steering Panel is dissolved at the end of its term.

The ILC International Development Team has released "ILC Preparatory Laboratory proposal".

The website of the ILC Promotion Panel has been renewed.

The JAHEP ILC Steering Panel released a report "Recent Progress Towards the Realization of the ILC in Japan: Cooperative Efforts by Academia, Industry, and Local Region".

The ILC Steering Panel was established by the Japan High Energy Physics Committee (HEPC) of the Japan Association of High Energy Physicists (JAHEP).