TEDxTokyo Talks

Born into a family of renowned Japanese textile designers with a four-century tradition and　trained under the expert eyes of his father and grandfathe

Every well-run NPO needs caring, dynamic and versatile executives like Miho Walker and Amy Moyers. Before joining Living Dreams, Amy spent ten years h

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

Bear Kittay is a musician, tech- entrepreneur, and social alchemist, serving as an international ambassador for Burning Man. Bear has travelled to six

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

Art majors everywhere, take heart: John Maeda is lobbying to ensure your future by fusing art and design with science and infusing technology with sou

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

Barry Eisler has a much higher profile now than he ever did as a spy for the CIA or in his subsequent incarnation as an intellectual property lawyer a

As the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit group Japan for Sustainability (JFS), Junko Edahiro is immersed in the colossal task of spreading environme

Why did an Irish economist working for the EU in Tokyo end up making a powerful and incisive film about suicide in Japan? Simple: a friend and neighbo

The greatest artists are those who manage to soar creatively yet stay grounded. Tokiko Kato has won the Japan Record Award twice, made over seventy al

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

Debbie Howard – Marketing Strategist and Caregiving Thought Leader Debbie Howard knows a lot about how people think, and the choices they make.

Nature’s elemental puzzles—from eccentric particles to dark matter to why our universe is expanding so swiftly—are what Hitoshi Murayama lives to solv

Dr. Hiroshi Tasaka says we are entering the age of “invisible capitalism,” a new paradigm in which “invisible capital”—knowledge, relationships, trust

Alvaro Cedeno believes that social innovation can and should bypass governments to solve public woes. Costa Rica’s ambassador to Japan, Alvaro studied