Tech Brunch Event
Small breakfast meetup in Iidabashi for sharing functional programming projects in Haskell, OCaml, Clojure, Scala and more.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Where Japan's entrepreneurs & engineers meet.
This week·Nov 9 – Nov 15 · 32events
Mon, November 9, 2026 Today
4events
Computational Social Choice Team(Talk by Stanisław Jerzy Kazmierowski, University of Warsaw).
Online RIKEN AIP talk by Stanisław Jerzy Kazmierowski (Univ. of Warsaw) on computing equilibria in Colonel Blotto-style multi-battlefield games.
Online · EN
Foodα X Tokyo Summit: Building the Future City Through Food
Project updates, a panel and networking from Foodα, a food-tech co-creation cluster based in Shimbashi and Toranomon.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
MINATO Global Meetup
Free weekly English-led networking night in Minato for founders, startup members, professionals and anyone working across borders.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Tue, November 10, 2026
3events
Tech Brunch Event
Small breakfast meetup in Iidabashi on vibe coding: writing specs, voice input and comparing AI models and dev tools.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
S.O.R.A. Summit: Better Skies for Japan Through Utility Pole Removal
Summit on burying utility lines underground: a panel with Japan's infrastructure minister and Tokyo's governor, plus company talks and booths.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Nagoya | Claude Code Meetup
First Claude Community meetup in Nagoya: a KDDI Agile Development Center case study and lightning talks on using Claude Code.
In person · Chubu · JA
Wed, November 11, 2026
6events
Tech Brunch Event
Small breakfast meetup in Iidabashi for Vim and Neovim users to share plugins, configs and modal editing tips.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Industry-Government-Academia Panel Discussion: From Lab to Market, the Future of Deep-Tech Startups
Euglena's Izumo, Sony's Kitano, UTokyo President Fujii and Tokyo Vice Governor Miyasaka on taking deep-tech startups from lab to market.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #49 - 2nd Anniversary!
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT's 2nd-anniversary edition: talks on Physical AI and Yokohama's ecosystem, plus an English global startup pitch.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Snack and Connect
Weekly drop-in startup networking at ShibuyaBridge, every Wednesday 16:00-18:00 with snacks. No registration needed.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
【HerRise #4: Fueling Growth with Finance & Capital Strategy】HerRise Workshop / Open Day | A Practical Program for Women Entrepreneurs
HerRise #4 for women founders: a hands-on workshop building a P&L and cash flow statement in a spreadsheet to learn startup finance.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Small Group Cafe Chat for Engineers ☕ #3
Small-group cafe chat for software engineers near Shibuya Station, 4 to 6 people in conversational English, LinkedIn-approved.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Thu, November 12, 2026
9events
Tokyo Test Fest 2026
Two-day software testing conference in Tokyo with workshops, keynotes, and EN/JA talks on test automation and quality engineering for AI.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN · Nov 12 – Nov 13
Tech Brunch Event
Small brunch meetup in Iidabashi on computational humor: NLP, joke generators and datasets for teaching machines to be funny.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
qcp Startup Pitch 2026
Science and deep-tech startup pitch contest co-hosted by Tokyo University of Science, with 7 startups, a keynote and networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Thursday Gathering #404
Venture Café Tokyo's weekly Thursday Gathering at CIC Tokyo in Toranomon, with sessions and networking, in person or online.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
TAI x Cohere - Enterprise AI Under Your Control
Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez and Cohere's Japan team on sovereign, self-hosted enterprise AI, agents and deployment, in Shibuya.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Open-Endedness: Can AI Keep Discovering?
English research evening in Tokyo on open-endedness in AI, with talks on artificial life, Lenia and a Picbreeder experiment run by VLMs.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Shinjuku | Claude for SMBs
Shinjuku's first in-person meetup where SMB owners share lightning-talk case studies on using Claude without in-house engineers.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Sapporo | Claude Code Meetup
Sapporo developer meetup with Claude Code case-study talks from companies in and outside Hokkaido, plus community lightning talks.
In person · Hokkaido · JA
0/1 club (Zero One Club) 3rd Event
Five makers present their hardware projects, from an HDMI signal generator to a relay-based 4-bit CPU, at 0/1 club's third event.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Fri, November 13, 2026
7events
NAGOYA CONNÉCT #131
Recurring innovation community meetup at Nagono Campus in Nagoya, with sessions and networking, in person or online.
Hybrid · Chubu · JA/EN
Real-time AI at the Edge: Inference, Kernels and Accelerators
Three talks on fast, reliable edge AI: Jetson computer vision, agent-driven edge deployment and MoE offloading in LLM inference.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Sharpen Your Thinking with AI! A Hands-On Bootcamp to Rapidly Create Business Ideas and MVPs
A three-hour hands-on bootcamp for founders and intrapreneurs to generate startup ideas or build an MVP with AI. Claude Code required.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Local LLMs for Coding Study Session in Tokyo vol.2
Second study session on using local LLMs for coding, held at the LY Corporation Kioicho office in Tokyo.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Design Matters x Spectrum Tokyo
Design meetup in Shibuya on the eve of Design Matters 26, with lightning talks from designers and mingling, open to non-ticket holders.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Nerd Nite Tokyo #83: Cosmo Bronco
English bar talks in Shin-Okubo: designing electronics that survive space, plus lessons on people learned from horses.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Continuing Tokyo Test Fest 2026
Two-day software testing conference in Tokyo with workshops, keynotes, and EN/JA talks on test automation and quality engineering for AI.
In person · Osaki Bright Core 4F, 品川区北品川５−５−１５ · JA/EN
Sat, November 14, 2026
3events
TORYUMON KYUSHU 2026 Winter
A startup conference in Fukuoka for the under-25 generation, featuring entrepreneur panels, pitch sessions, and VC investment consultations.
In person · Kyushu · JA
AI Salon Osaka x OKTech Hackathon
Osaka hackathon where teams take the same starter app to production level in 2.5 hours, scoring points per working upgrade.
In person · Kansai · JA/EN
Forward Deployed Engineer Career Night | Current FDEs from GAFAM and Top Silicon Valley AI Companies Speak
Working FDEs from GAFAM and top Silicon Valley AI firms discuss the job and career paths, followed by networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
