Jackie and Diana from Swinburne Univ came to Japan and attended the KAGRA face-to-face meeting. On the second day, we had a chance to visit KAGRA site. It is now being stopped for replacing the laser, but the sensitivity has been improved lately. We hope to see a gravitational wave soon.
We see balloon at 7:30am everyday this week in Canberra!
Kentaro visited UWA and ANU in December. At UWA, David Blair showed me an exciting collection of educational devices designed to teach kids the fun of physics! At ANU, Kentaro met his student Ryo Iden for the first time since the ASPIRE workshop (see the photo). Kentaro will attend the OzGrav Retreat from Dec 11 as an Associate Investigator.