Maathai meets press ahead of leaving Japan

Maathai meets press ahead of leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan deputy environment minister and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21 ahead of leaving Japan for home. Maathai, in Japan on a nine-day visit since Feb. 14, gave a keynote speech in Kyoto to mark the Kyoto Protocol on global warming taking effect on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

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