TEDxTokyo Talks

Before becoming TED’s licensing director in 2007, Lara Stein was deeply involved in broadband entertainment programming, animation and interacti

You see Taku Satoh’s design handiwork virtually every shopping day, wrapping consumables like Calpis drinks, Lotte gum and S&B black pepper. But

生きるとは何か？ 死ぬとは何なのか？ 花を通して「生」のあり方を探求する花道家のパフォーマンスです。 会場に立ち込めるバラの香りを想像して下さい。 花を通じて「生」のあり方を探求する 偶然出会った勅使河原宏氏の展覧会に衝撃を受け、華道を学び始めた上野氏。 「はないけ（花生け）」と称する創造と破壊を繰

Imagine being paralyzed or in a vegetative state, powerless to move or even speak. Keio University researcher Junichi Ushiba may be the one to awaken

Takafumi Horie – Entrepreneur Takafumi Horie says the most crucial thing when you are facing your dreams or objectives is to avoid making excuse

At the age of 60, Masako Wakamiya (also known as Ma-chan) decided that she would teach herself how to use a computer so that she could stay connected

Serial entrepreneur Gunter Pauli’s avowed mission is to beat the present system in which whatever is good for your health and the environment is expen

Naomi Kawase’s loving but unblinking cinematic gaze turns ordinary lives and mundane moments into mesmerizing dramas. At the 1997 Cannes International

With each note I play, a world is created in my head. Born in Pakistan, Usman is an artist, a performing musician, a composer, and a film-maker. His c

The mass production of DNA amplifiers, which are essential in gene testing, has become cheap and stable enough that no longer do we have to rely on bi

Tamako Mitarai has always focused on doing work in places where her efforts can make a real difference. While she was a student, she worked with NGOs

Give most people a pair of scissors, tell them to get creative, and you might get a string of paper dolls or a few snowflakes. Give Hayashiya Imamaru

Sh0h – Beatbox Artist Sh0h ignites audiences with just his body and a single microphone. A beatbox artist who won the Japan Beatbox Championship

“Institutional Investor” has ranked Kathy Matsui the top equity strategist in Japan several times, yet her role as co-head of Asia macro r

Waseda University Visiting Professor Yuichi Mori spent years developing medical technologies such as blood purification and oxygen enrichment using po

“Music has nationalities, but does not have borders.” It was this notion that started Kohei Inoue’s journey to explore the potential of Japanese music