Note the following reference to John White in the UK Journal, Physics World, August 2000.  Speaking at the opening ceremony for the new $1.5 billion J-PARC facility, that consists of two protoron synchrotrons, a neutron source and a neutrino experiment and a hadron facility all rolled into one, John White from the ANU, 'who was chair of the International Advisory Committee for J-PARC, praised the long term vision of the Japanese government and its "acceptance of world-leading science as an investment for the future....World-leader status is assured by what has been done, and future investment in both operation and development will maintain this high status", he told delegates'.

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