2012.07.18 Professor Akira Ono was elected President of the APA.

Professor Akira Ono, Director of Center for Obsidian and Lithics Studies, was elected President of the Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA) at an annual meeting held in July, in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. .
APA, founded 2008, is an association of four countries palaeolithic research organizations (Japan, Korea, China and Russia)