News & Topics 2020-01-30 LiteBIRD is selected as one of 31 highest-priority large projects by the Science Council of Japan. 2019-05-21 ISAS selects LiteBIRD as the strategic large mission #2! 2017-07-18 LiteBIRD is selected as one of 7 projects listed in “Roadmap 2017 on promotion of large research projects” by MEXT. 2017-02-08 LiteBIRD is selected as one of 28 highest-priority large projects by the Science Council of Japan. 2016-09-30 LiteBIRD has started ISAS Phase-A1 2016-03-19 “Exploring the Universe before the Hot Big Bang with LiteBIRD” symposium held in PSJ Annual Meeting 2015-12-16 “B mode from Space” workshop held at Kavli IPMU 2015-09-25 LiteBIRD is down-selected as one of Strategic Large Mission candidates by ISAS. 2015-04-01 LiteBIRD is selected as one of Core-to-Core FY2015 Projects by JSPS. 2014-08-06 LiteBIRD is selected as one of 10 projects newly listed in “Roadmap 2014 on promotion of large research projects” by MEXT. 2014-03-13 LiteBIRD is selected as one of 27 highest-priority large projects by the Science Council of Japan. 2013-06-14 CMB2013 conference held in Okinawa 2012-03-24 This web page created.