TEDxTokyo Talks

Abigail Terrien – Founder of Abi Loves Sales Agency and MyOrganic Tokyo Abigail Terrien believes we can be trendy and still keep the Earth clean

An “explorer of all things Japan, from high finance to low-level politics”, Jesper Koll has over two decades of experience at major financ

A member of the celebrated string trio Orchestrio Zurich—also known as “the smallest orchestra in the world”—Noriko Kawamura started playing violin at

As a science researcher who questions science as a social foundation, Osamu Sakura takes a unique look at the emotional impact of science and technolo

There are some things about Japan that only become obvious to the Japanese once they leave the country. When Souryou Matsumura was wandering around Eu

Master percussionist Winchester Nii Tete hails from the honorable Addy-Amo-Boye clans of drummers in Ghana. His finely textured repertoire echoes exub

Are we living in the era of the bold eccentric, the realm of the unfettered visionary? Masaki Takeuchi thinks so, and he should know: he’s the man in

Kaori Brand says we should realize that we can’t dictate to nature, and that nature in fact rules our days; witness the recent Tohoku disaster and its

People call Patrick Chamusso the “Ordinary Man” because his philosophy is to embrace simplicity and leave more energy to devote to things bigger than

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

For the Deaf, the subtlest of hand movements and aspects can express vast meaning yet convey little to voice-oriented humans. Junto Ohki now stands as

Ken Okuyama has spent a lifetime fashioning exotic yet practical things of surpassing beauty. The prizewinning car designer has shaped models for Gene

You can think of Toshi Nakamura’s NGO, Kopernik, as an online marketplace offering low tech with a higher purpose. Since 2009, Kopernik—a member of th

According to a former Tokyo English Life Line colleague, Kathleen Pike has the “sigh factor” when she walks in, people sigh in admiration.

Edward Suzuki worked alongside master architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller while attending Harvard on a Fulbright scholarship. Perhaps that’s one

Uzman takes us into another world with his ability to glide around on the guitar. Born in Pakistan, Usman is an artist, a performing musician, a compo