AAAS — International Press

First Science/AAAS Press Conference in Japan: Tokyo, Ministry of Education

In October 2012, Natasha Pinol co-authored the press materials, traveled to Tokyo, and hosted and moderated Science/AAAS’s first-ever press conference in Japan, held at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. About 40 journalists from Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and NHK TV attended to hear research linking ancient sediment science to the timing of human evolution.

Image credit: NASA/JSC, ISS Expedition 40, Astronaut Reid Wiseman, 2014