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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're just a few weeks away from our next Nerd Nite! What's a fresk? Minami Shinohara will explain. Then, CJ Hostetter brings the art and science of glassmaking to the Nerd Nite stage. Don't miss it! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #events #tokyo #climate #glassmaking #science

Please see the Nerd Nite Tokyo homepage for event details.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who came on Friday to think about math and look at the universe through artists' eyes! Pictures are available in our archive: tokyo.nerdnite.com Be sure to join us on Friday, October 16 to learn about making glass and find out what a Climate Fresk is! #nerdnite #tokyo #events

Speakers Hippo Yam and Paul Alexander Helminck share a laugh during the intermission.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In case you missed it: the winners from the science event of the year, the Ig Nobel Prizes! arstechnica.com/science/2026... If you want to hear more talks that first make you laugh and then make you think, don't forget to come to Nerd Nite Tokyo next Friday, September 18!

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Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nerd Nite Tokyo is back from our summer break on Friday, September 18! Join us for talks on the prime numbers that govern our daily lives and the space, the final frontier (of art) -- plus, as always, conversation and camaraderie. tokyo.nerdnite.com #tokyo #events #nerdnite #math #space #art

Please see our homepage for event details: https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thank you for celebrating our tenth anniversary with us this Spring — have a great summer and see you at our next event, Friday, September 18, at Study Abroad Pub! More photos from last Friday in our archive: tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Friday, July 17: Our next Nerd Nite takes us to the far reaches of space to find the brightest thing out there, and back down to Earth to think about something that should go up in smoke! tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #science #astronomy #tobacco #events #tokyo

Please visit our homepage for event details.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Last Friday we celebrated Nerd Nite's tenth anniversary with... karaoke? Yes, that's right: both speakers brought us insights on how to change lyrics and change lives through the power of karaoke. We'll be back next month on Friday, July 17 with speakers new and old! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com

Speakers Matt Kaemmerer and Benjamin Poynter come together in song during a break in the show, both holding karaoke microphones.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ready for Nerd Nite Tokyo's tenth anniversary show this Friday? We'll be giving away buttons to mark the event! Speakers and details here (watch out for karaoke!): tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #karaoke #music #events #science

Illustration of Nerd Nite Tokyo tenth anniversary buttons, containing the text "Nerd Nite Tokyo" and "十周年祭" ("tenth anniversary celebration" in Japanese) on a red background along with various science and culture-related ideograms.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

June 19's Nerd Nite will mark ten years to the month since our first event in Tokyo! And we're celebrating with... karaoke? That's right, we have TWO talks looking at your favorite (or least-favorite) Japanese invention. Don't miss it! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #events #tokyo #music #nerdnite

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Pictures from last week's Nerd Nite Tokyo are up -- and we're getting ready for our 10th anniversary show on Friday, June 19th! tokyo.nerdnite.com/archive/ #nerdnite #tokyo #events

From left to right, speakers Michael Gakuran, Upasana Jhariya, and Shania James smile for the camera in between talks.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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

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10th Anniversary Design Contest!

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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

Nerd Nite Tokyo 78: What to Do With What Remains. Please see our homepage for details.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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

FUQA rocks Nerd Nite in between speakers with their gravity-defying chair posture!

Speakers Nicki Fairbairn and Stéfan Le Dû pose in front of the Nerd Nite banner.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

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

Please see our homepage for event details.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

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

Speakers Gray Braham and Steve Marshall take a moment by the foosball table.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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

For event details, please see our homepage.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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

Speakers Bektur Ryskeldiev and Ingrid Ivarsen.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

Medieval image of Ine, King of Wessex from 689 to 726, looking somewhat disapproving.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

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/

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

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...

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Video: Nerd Nite Tokyo #71: Civilization Inspiration

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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

Speakers Kate Kitagawa and Crissman Loomis in a composite image made from pictures of them presenting.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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

Okorafor, Binti: Home
Okorafor, Noor
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
Leckie, Translation State
Bacigalupi, The Water Knife
Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Liu, ed., Broken Stars

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

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

Speakers Mahi Patki and Matt brought with them, respectively, a water bottle with a map of water dispensers, and a pro wrestling outfit.

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

"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/

A photograph taken during my talk. I am standing by the projector, with my hands raised to chest height, fingers spread out, and looking shocked!

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

Nerd Nite speakers Elizabeth Tasker and Guillaume Pelat share a joke with the camera.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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!

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Landing on the Moon: Behind the scenes of the night when SLIM made history

A journalist lifted his hand, studying the faces of the JAXA representatives as the microphone was passed to his seat. “Landing was successful…” he began. “…I thought you would look

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

Snapshot of the first slide of my presentation. It shows a microphone where the circular mic is actually a picture of the Moon. A cartoon of the SLIM spacecraft with a smiley face is flying past. The title is "Talk me down: narrating Japan's lunar landing".

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

Please see https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/ for event details.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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

Nerd Nite speakers Stéfan Le Dû and Prasad Cheema give a thumbs-up during the show's intermission.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

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!

arstechnica.com

Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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Too Hot to Be Cool 5 | Rock for Climate in Tokyo · Luma

Feeling the heat yet? So are we. That’s why we’re turning it up again, with rebel yells, guitar solos, and a crowd of humans who still believe in music,…

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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

July 2025 speakers Katie Gray and Nicholas Schwier.

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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

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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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...

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Special Application Deadline for Students Accepted or Studying in the United States

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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...

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EUROPEAN FOCUS DAY 2025

Get to Know Europe: country introductions, innovation, research and funding!Get to Know Europeans: networking dinner reception!

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Nerd Nite Tokyo @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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

From left to right, Nerd Nite speakers Edmund Edgar, Robin Orthey, and Judit Erika Magyar.

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