Sir Gregory “Greg” Winter, former Master of Trinity, scientist and entrepreneur, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies” will kindly join us for a video discussion All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 19 March 2021 at 7pm we will meet in central… Continue reading Sir Greg Winter, Nobel Prize 2018, in discussion with Trinity in Japan, Friday 19 March 2021
Dame Sarah Worthington QC(Hon) in video discussion with Trinity in Japan on Friday 26 February 2021 at 6pm (Tokyo time)
Dame Sarah Worthington QC(Hon), Fellow of Trinity, Downing Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge University All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome The discussion will be on ZOOM only on Friday 26 February 2021 at 6pm (Tokyo time), 9am (London/Cambridge time). No in-person meeting this time. Prior registration required… Continue reading Dame Sarah Worthington QC(Hon) in video discussion with Trinity in Japan on Friday 26 February 2021 at 6pm (Tokyo time)
Trinity in Japan bonenkai Friday 18 December 2020
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 18 December 2020 at 7:30pm we will have our bonenkai year end party: 7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner nijikai Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. We will… Continue reading Trinity in Japan bonenkai Friday 18 December 2020
Didier Queloz, Nobel Prize in Physics 2019, discussing with Trinity in Japan, Friday 6 November 2020
Didier Queloz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for “the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 6 November 2020 at 7pm we will meet in central Tokyo. Professor Didier Queloz, the most recent Trinity Fellow to be awarded… Continue reading Didier Queloz, Nobel Prize in Physics 2019, discussing with Trinity in Japan, Friday 6 November 2020
Hermann Hauser: about the Cambridge venture ecosystem, 17 September 2020
Hermann Hauser is co-founder of Acorn Computers, Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) and arguably the most distinguished leader of Cambridge’s Venture Ecosystem. All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Thursday 17 September 2020 at 6pm we will meet in central Tokyo. Hermann Hauser has very generously agreed to hold a video… Continue reading Hermann Hauser: about the Cambridge venture ecosystem, 17 September 2020
Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal Society, about the Ribosome, the Royal Society and the virus crisis. 28 August 2020
Venki Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize 2009 for elucidating the ribosome, macromolecular machines reading the genetic code from DNA via messenger-RNA to produce proteins All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 28 August 2020 at 6pm we will meet in central Tokyo. Venki Ramakrishnan has very generously agreed… Continue reading Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal Society, about the Ribosome, the Royal Society and the virus crisis. 28 August 2020
Lord Martin Rees: about exoplanets, life outside earth, eco-threats and existential risks. 31 July 2020
Friday 31 July 2020 at 7pm in central Tokyo: video discussion with Lord Martin Rees All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 31 July 2020 at 7pm we will meet in central Tokyo. Lord Martin Rees, former Master of Trinity, has very generously agreed to hold a video discussion… Continue reading Lord Martin Rees: about exoplanets, life outside earth, eco-threats and existential risks. 31 July 2020
Simon Denyer shares Pulitzer Prize for a groundbreaking series of articles on global warming
Simon Denyer shares Pulitzer Prize “for a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet” by: Gerhard Fasol Simon Denyer (1984) is part of the team of journalists who wrote a series of articles for which Staff of The Washington Post was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize… Continue reading Simon Denyer shares Pulitzer Prize for a groundbreaking series of articles on global warming
Physics Nobel Prize 2019 for Trinity Fellow Didier Queloz
Trinity Fellow Didier Queloz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” Didier Queloz worked with his PhD supervisor Michel Mayor – who shares the 2019 Physics Nobel Prize with Didier Queloz and Jim Peebles. Mayor had developed the COREVAL photoelectric Doppler spectrometer to measure… Continue reading Physics Nobel Prize 2019 for Trinity Fellow Didier Queloz
12 April 2020 Butler House reunion online
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Ken Shibata 柴田賢 (Trinity 1960) in memory
Very sad to let you know that our founding member and steering committee member Ken Shibata (Trinity 1960) passed away on 28 February 2020. Ken Shibata graduated 1955 from Nagoya University’s Department of Earth Science, and in November 1956 he joined the Geological Survey of Japan. In 1993 he joined the Faculty of Science of… Continue reading Ken Shibata 柴田賢 (Trinity 1960) in memory
John MacGinnis on excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire, introduced by Chikako Watanabe. 23 March 2020 [online]
John MacGinnis: “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire”. Introduction by Chikako Watanabe With deep apologies, this meeting has been cancelled because of the current health situation Trinity in Japan history and archaeology festival: John MacGinnis (Trinity 1982) will talk on “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire” On Monday 23 March 2020… Continue reading John MacGinnis on excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire, introduced by Chikako Watanabe. 23 March 2020 [online]
21 February 2020 meeting
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome Friday 21 February 2020 at 7pm in central Tokyo On Friday 21 February 2020 at 7pm we will meet in central Tokyo. 7pm – 9:30pm dinner after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby Cost of this meeting will be YEN 5000. We will meet in… Continue reading 21 February 2020 meeting
24 January 2020 shinnenkai / New Year meeting
Trinity in Japan shinnenkai / New Year meeting All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 24 January 2020 at 7pm we will hold our Trinity in Japan shinnenkai New Year dinner meeting. Location: in central Tokyo. 7pm – 9:30pm kaiseki (Japanese banquet) dinner after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby… Continue reading 24 January 2020 shinnenkai / New Year meeting
18 December 2019 bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
Trinity in Japan Christmas, Year End and bonenkai meeting All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni welcome On Wednesday 18 December 2019 at 7pm we will hold our Trinity in Japan ‘forget the year’ bonenkai dinner meeting. Ambassador Ra, who served as South Korean Ambassador to the UK and to Japan will join… Continue reading 18 December 2019 bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni. 28 Nov 2019
‘The view from the Bench’ His Honour Witold Pawlak (Trinity 1966) will speak to us about his experience as Circuit Judge at Wood Green Crown Court (appointed 2004) On Thursday 28 November 2019 at 7pm His Honour Witold Pawlak will visit us from the UK, and will talk to us about his unique insights into… Continue reading His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni. 28 Nov 2019
Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries. Rugby World Cup special. 18 Oct 2019
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome 18 October 2019 7pm Rugby World Cup special in Tokyo Will meet on Friday 18 October 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo for our Rugby World Cup special. Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) – who has worked for many years… Continue reading Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries. Rugby World Cup special. 18 Oct 2019
The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’. 1 Oct 2019
‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’, Revd Dr Michael Banner (in Tokyo) The Revd Dr Michael Banner… “one of the brightest and most interesting young people doing ethics on the scene today” The Revd Dr Michael Banner will join us on Tuesday 1 October 2019 6pm for a special event in central Tokyo. 6pm –… Continue reading The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’. 1 Oct 2019
29 September 2019 – Meeting Mike Tehranchi, Trinity College Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics
Meeting on 29 September 2019 with Mike Tehranchi, University Lecturer, Statistical Laboratory, and Trinity Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics. Mike Tehranchi visited Tokyo for a series of lectures at the Tokyo Metropolitan University TMO Workshop on Finance https://www.biz.tmu.ac.jp/quantitative-finance/workshop/tmu2019/ and the Marunouchi Quantitative Finance Seminar https://www.biz.tmu.ac.jp/quantitative-finance/qf_seminar/
17 September 2019 – Meeting Professor Mikael Adolphson
Mikael Adolphson, Fellow and AMES Director of Studies at Trinity, Keidanren Professor of Japanese Studies at Cambridge University Dinner meeting with Professor Mikael Adolphson on Tuesday 17 September 2019 in Tokyo/Shinagawa.