Abstract
The International Linear Collider will possibly be the next energy-frontier
particle physics facility,
producing copious Higgs bosons, top quarks, and other particles in the clean
environment of
electron-positron collisions, allowing precise measurements of these
particles' properties, as well
as allowing searches for new phenomena not explained by the Standard Model
of particle physics.
The ILD detector has been designed to make best use of collisions to be
produced at the ILC.
I will describe the motivations behind the detector design, and the status
of activities to
bring the required technologies to maturity, with a particular emphasis on
calorimetry.
I will also discuss the status of efforts to bring a Japan-hosted ILC
project to fruition.