We're celebrating our tenth anniversary! Help us mark this momentous occasion (and win a prize!) by designing a commemorative button that we'll sell for the next year -- details on our homepage: tokyo.nerdnite.com/10th-anniver... Don't forget about our next event, this Friday, May 15! #nerdnite

Asteroids and geology! Bacteria and pollution! Thresholds and liminality! Friday, May 15, Nerd Nite Tokyo returns with three new talks. Don't miss it! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #events #science #dinosaurs #geology #biology #environment #haikyo

Last week's Nerd Nite had: * Quantum optics and chemistry (!) * A behind the scenes look at Tokyo's hottest (coolest?) new concert series (!?) * A live rock concert from fuqaofficial.com (!?!?!?) And we have three speakers coming up on Friday, May 15! tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #events

Tomorrow's Nerd Nite Tokyo might have a special, unannounced musical guest... tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #music #events #tokyo #climatechange #quantum #science

Ready for the next Nerd Nite Tokyo? Friday, April 17, Nicki Fairbairn is here to discuss cutting-edge research into the quantum behavior of OLEDs -- then, Stéfan Le Dû returns to talk about the community of rock musicians he has built to fight climate change! tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo

Last Friday, we explored the music of vintage video games and the magic of astonishment! Thank you to our speakers and everyone who came out. Don't miss our next Nerd Nite on Friday, April 17! tokyo.nerdnite.com #music #retrogaming #magic #nerdnite

Just two weeks until the next Nerd Nite Tokyo! Prepare to be astonished by professional magician Steve Marshall, and listen in as Gray Braham takes us through the technology behind video game music! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #events #magic #music #videogames

Thank you again for a great turnout at last month's Nerd Nite! Relive the night with photos and videos in our archive, and get ready for this month's Nerd Nite on Friday, March 20! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #video #tokyo #events #history #ai #ui #ux

Ine, King of Wessex, thinks you should come to Nerd Nite Tokyo this Friday night! Plus: how AI is changing UI! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #tokyo #events #nerdnite #history #ui

Nerd Nite Tokyo will return on Friday, Feburary 20 at a new location near Shinjuku! Speakers Ingrid Ivarsen and Bektur Ryskeldiev will help us start our tenth anniversary year, as we consider history and human-computer interfaces. tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #history #hci #livestream

Happy New Year! We've finally completed our archive of livestreams all the way back to 2022! Enjoy the new (well... from 2024 😅) videos of Nerd Nite Tokyo 62 and 63, and be sure to join us for our next event on Friday, February 20 at Study Abroad Pub in Shin-Okubo! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/

Just in time for the holidays, we've uploaded the missing video from last September's Nerd Nite! (And don't forget to join us next year on Friday, February 20 at our new location...) tokyo.nerdnite.com/video-nerd-n...

Want to live longer and healthier? Check out the video from last week's Nerd Nite Tokyo in our archive! Want to live a more curious life? Have a great holiday and join us for our next event on Friday, February 20 at our new location! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #video #longevity #health

Friday, December 12 is the last Nerd Nite Tokyo of the year! Come start your holiday season with talks on the history of space exploration and how to live a longer, healthier life. Plus, bring books for our first ever book exchange! tokyo.nerdnite.com #tokyo #events #space #longevity #livestream

A handful of candidates to go to @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social's end-of-year book exchange next month! Some may get added, some removed.

Friday, December 12 is the last Nerd Nite Tokyo of the year! Come start your holiday season with talks on the history of space exploration and how to live a longer, healthier life. Plus, bring books for our first ever book exchange! tokyo.nerdnite.com #tokyo #events #space #longevity #livestream

Looking for a place to refill your water bottle in Tokyo? How about a pro wrestling match? Watch the recording of last week's Nerd Nite to learn about both: tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ And don't forget to join us for our next event on Friday, December 12! #nerdnite #tokyo #events #livestream

"THIS IS NOT A DRILL — I’m narrating a Moon landing!" Photos from @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social, where I spilled all the tea 🫖 about narrating the live stream on the night Japan landed on the Moon 🌝 are on their website, along with the recording 🎬! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/

What do refillable water bottles and Japanese comedy pro wrestling have in common? We're talking about both of them at Nerd Nite Tokyo on Friday, November 14! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #sustainability #plastic #recycling #puroresu #comedy #tokyo #events #livestream

Last Friday, Nerd Nite Tokyo hosted talks about computer vision and landing on the Moon! Missed it? Want to watch it again? Check our archive -- and be sure to join us next month on Friday, November 14th! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #moon #ai #science #video #events #tokyo

Time for @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social ! ...Doctor...Whom?

If you’d like to hear more behind-the-scenes gossip (in addition to the tea spilled @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social tonight 🫖) from when Japan landed on the Moon, here is our blog post on the suspense, stress and excitement on night that the SLIM mission made history!

Come join me at @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social (in Tokyo and online) on Friday at 8pm JST for nail biting, humorous, informative, slightly-stressed-because-I-made-all-these-promises account of the night that Japan landed on the Moon while I narrated the live stream 🛰️🔭! Tickets here 🧪: tokyo.nerdnite.com

Friday, October 17, Nerd Nite Tokyo is looking at looking! First, Guillaume Pelat discusses how computer vision works. Then, @elizabethtasker.bsky.social is back to talk about her experience narrating a live Moon landing for JAXA! tokyo.nerdnite.com #space #ai #science #nerdnite #tokyo #events

Pictures from last week's Nerd Nite are up in the archive -- video coming soon! And don't forget: our next Nerd Nite is Friday, October 17, same nerd place, same nerd time! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #climatechange #math #civilization #games

As promised at last night's show, links: This years Ig Nobel Prize winners: arstechnica.com/science/2025... Journey to the End of the Night: www.facebook.com/events/15560... Space Cafe: www.facebook.com/spacecafeglo... Be sure to join us again next month on Friday, October 17th!

Next @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social October 17! Be here and be square!

Hey, there are other quantum people at @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social tonight!

Next week, Friday, Sep. 19: Nerd Nite returns with talks about inspiration in mathematics and climate change in the Civilization video game series! Stay cool until then and check out the details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #climate #events #tokyo #science #math #civilization #games #videogames

Stéfan Le Dû is not only speaking at our next Nerd Nite on September 19th, he's also performing in and helping organize this rock concert for climate change in Shibuya next week! Info and tickets: luma.com/ekjux30g #nerdnite #climatechange #rock #concerts #tokyo #events

Friday, September 19: Nerd Nite Tokyo returns with talks about inspiration in mathematics and climate change in the Civilization video game series! Stay cool until then and check out the details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #climate #events #tokyo #science #math #civilization #games #videogames

By the way, if you'd like more information about volunteering with Hands On Tokyo, the organization speaker Katie Gray introduced last month, check out their homepage here: www.handsontokyo.org

Nerd Nite Tokyo is on summer break and will return Friday, September 19! Enjoy August and stay cool. While you're waiting, check out our archive for video, photos, and links from all of our past shows, including our most recent! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #livestream

Want to know how you can help address child poverty in Japan? How about exploring the relationship between art and your brain? Or maybe you just want to cool off from the summer heat? No matter what your reason, join us for the next Nerd Nite Tokyo on Friday, July 18! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

Last Friday, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of steam railroads and looked into AI's quantum future! Missed it? Check our archive -- and be sure to join us for our next event on Friday, July 18! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #tokyo #events #livestream #trains #science #nerdnite

Our next Nerd Nite Tokyo is Friday, June 20! First, go into the past with a talk on the 200th anniversary of steam locomotives! Then, turn to the future and consider how quantum computers could make AI more sustainable. Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #trains #ai #quantum #tokyo #events

The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDProgram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...

Our next Nerd Nite Tokyo is Friday, June 20! First, go into the past with a talk on the 200th anniversary of steam locomotives! Then, turn to the future and consider how quantum computers could make AI more sustainable. Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #trains #ai #quantum #tokyo #events

As mentioned at our last event, EURAXESS Japan is hosting European Focus Day at Europa House this Wednesday! Join to learn more about research opportunities in Europe and meet researchers from all branches of science and academia. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/ja...

Criminal psychology, Bluesky's billionaire-proof future, and access to European research and funding: check out Nerd Nite Tokyo's archive for all this and more -- and be sure to join us next month on Friday, June 20! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ @goat.navy #nerdnite #science #psychology #bluesky

In case you missed it -- the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

The next Nerd Nite Tokyo is on Friday, May 23! We'll be talking about the psychology of detecting concealed crime knowledge. Then, we're investigating "billionaire-proof" Bluesky with @goat.navy ! tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #psychology #crime #bluesky #event #tokyo #livestream

We've joined Bluesky!