Tech Brunch Event
A casual small-group tech networking brunch at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont near Iidabashi, Tokyo.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Where Japan's entrepreneurs & engineers meet.
This week·Jun 22 – Jun 28 · 39events
Mon, June 22, 2026 past
4events
Where Has the Bottleneck in AI-Driven Development Moved?
An online session exploring where the productivity bottleneck has shifted in the era of AI-driven development.
Online · JA
Startups Wanted to Co-create with Local Governments! The Meet 2026 Hiroshima Open Accelerator Briefing & Municipality Pitch
Briefing and municipality pitch for The Meet 2026 Hiroshima Open Accelerator, matching Hiroshima local governments with startups. Free.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Sendagaya.rb #531
Online Ruby/Rails meetup #531 from a Tokyo regional Rubyist community, held over Google Meet.
Online · JA
Tue, June 23, 2026 past
8events
Tech Brunch Event
An informal founder brunch in Iidabashi swapping strategies for landing your first tech users and early product-market fit.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Tokyo Weekly Lunch
Weekly Tuesday lunchtime networking near Tokyo Station for founders, investors, and builders. No pitches, no presentations, just real conversation.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
[104th TrustML Young Scientist Seminar] Talk by John Robertson (UT Austin) "Language Model Control and Reliability: Understanding Steering Vectors and Agentic Aging"
A RIKEN AIP seminar with UT Austin's John Robertson on activation steering, concept granularity, and the longitudinal reliability of LLM agents.
Hybrid · Other · EN
25th TIB PITCH (SHOP Course / TIB SHOP Overseas Course)
An experiential startup pitch event at Tokyo Innovation Base where you can sample and try the presenting startups' products.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
GitHub After Dark - Tokyo
An evening event for GitHub Copilot users in Marunouchi: latest features, agentic workflows, lightning talks, and networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
AI-Native Development of Complex Enterprise Software
A two-part workshop on AI-native enterprise software development with spec-driven, multi-agent workflows using BMAD and CodeSpeak.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Must-See for CVC, Business Development, and Startup Executives: Investment Contracts That Look Beyond the First Investment Toward Startup M&A
Experts explain the investment contracts, due diligence, and governance behind moving from minority and CVC investment to startup M&A.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Weekly Tuesday Meetup
Drop-in open house at Tokyo HackerSpace in Akasaka, with shared maker tools and a chance to meet the community.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Wed, June 24, 2026 Today
8events
The 4th Bayes-Duality Workshop 2026
Live-streamed public talks from the fourth Bayes-Duality Workshop on AI that learns adaptively and continuously, like humans.
Online · EN · Jun 24 – Jun 26
Tech Brunch Event
A small, relaxed brunch on computational humor: how machines understand and generate jokes, with NLP demos and discussion.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Learning Global UX During Lunchtime Study Group
A weekly Wednesday online UX study group reading The UX Collective articles together in a 30-minute lunch break.
Online · JA
Imperfect Information Learning Team (Talk by Hanlin Yu, University of Helsinki)
Online RIKEN AIP talk by Hanlin Yu (Helsinki) on comparing distributions and representations via geometry, density ratios, and energy-based models.
Online · EN
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #40
Venture Café Yokohama's 40th innovation gathering at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA, hybrid with text-based simultaneous translation.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Snack and Connect
Weekly drop-in startup networking at ShibuyaBridge — every Wednesday 4–6pm, no registration needed.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Growth Hub #16 - By Founders, For Founders w/ Keita Morikawa (Opera Tech → Sierra)
Opera Tech founder Keita Morikawa on his cross-border exit to Sierra and now leading AI agent development at Sierra Japan.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
THS "Nihongo Night" Open House
Tokyo HackerSpace's Japanese-language open house: drop by the Akasaka space on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to meet members.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Thu, June 25, 2026
8events
Tech Brunch Event
A small brunch meetup in Iidabashi on vibe coding: moving from writing code to describing intent, for engineers and builders.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Thursday Gathering #387
Venture Café Tokyo's weekly Thursday Gathering at CIC Tokyo: talks, sessions, and open networking for the startup scene, in person or online.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
AI Salon Osaka
An AI Salon Osaka evening on "From Religion to Algorithms": talks on AI, religion, and Buddhism, plus meditation and networking.
In person · Kansai · EN
Pitch & Connect: Shibuya
A startup pitch series in Shibuya where founders practice their pitch and get feedback from VC judges and a pitch coach, free and open to all.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
AI in Financial Services Nomikai
A no-slides nomikai in Shibuya for Tokyo professionals at the intersection of AI and financial services.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
[Offline Only] Flash Briefing on the 'Startup M&A Guidance': Latest Exit Strategy Trends and Practical Considerations
Lawyers give a flash briefing on Japan's new Startup M&A Guidance, covering the latest exit-strategy trends and practical M&A considerations.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Space Cafe Tokyo, June 2026
A talk on how AI and machine learning are reshaping exoplanet discovery and the search for life, over drinks in Shimokitazawa.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Continuing The 4th Bayes-Duality Workshop 2026
Live-streamed public talks from the fourth Bayes-Duality Workshop on AI that learns adaptively and continuously, like humans.
Online · EN
Fri, June 26, 2026
7events
Tech Brunch: Functional Programming Edition
A small brunch meetup near Iidabashi diving into functional programming and category theory: monoids, functors, monads, and their use in software.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Data-Driven Experimental Design Team Online Seminar
A RIKEN AIP online seminar (in Japanese) on universality of uniform approximation in reservoir computing.
Online · JA
NAGOYA CONNÉCT #123
The 123rd recurring hybrid networking gathering for Nagoya's innovation and startup community, held at Nagono Campus.
Hybrid · Chubu · JA/EN
Startups' New Essential Subject: Public Affairs #3 - The Future of Fukuoka's Startup Ecosystem Accelerated by Deregulation
A free Fukuoka event on public affairs and deregulation as a startup growth strategy, taught through real cases.
In person · Kyushu · JA
GitHub After Dark - Osaka
An evening event for paid GitHub Copilot users in Kitahama, Osaka: feature updates, agentic workflows, a quiz, lightning talks, and networking.
In person · Kansai · JA
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TIB Scramble Meetup: The Creative Entrepreneur's Mindset
A TIB Scramble fireside chat with TokyoDex CEO Daniel Harris Rosen on turning creative ideas into a business, plus open networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Continuing The 4th Bayes-Duality Workshop 2026
Live-streamed public talks from the fourth Bayes-Duality Workshop on AI that learns adaptively and continuously, like humans.
Online · EN
Sat, June 27, 2026
4events
Daikanyama Morning Code
A casual morning meetup in Daikanyama for code, web, cloud, blockchain, and AI enthusiasts of all levels to share projects and learn together.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Tech Brunch Event
A small-group brunch meetup on web scraping tools, proxies, and browser automation for developers and data folks in Iidabashi.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
TORYUMON TOKYO 2026 Honoo
One of Japan's largest startup conferences for the U25 generation, with founders and VCs, panels, pitches, and networking in Shibuya. Free to attend.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Get the Most Out of WebX 2026: A Preview Guide by OrbsCafe
A WebX 2026 preview meetup with ticket tips, service breakdowns, guest talks, and networking to help Web3 fans make the most of the conference.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Sun, June 28, 2026
2events
Tech Brunch Event
A small, relaxed brunch where engineers swap productivity setups: dotfiles, command-line tools, desktop apps, and browser extensions.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Haskell-jp Mokumoku-kai #349 @ Online
An online Haskell-jp mokumoku session where participants quietly work on their own Haskell projects. Free to join.
Online · JA
