Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`25 Feb 3 - Feb 9]

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of February 3 to February 9.

Events

Monday, February 3

• AI Salon Nagoya | 🕐 18:00 | Station AI, Nagoya | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: AI Salon Nagoya, a side event of TechGala, is a global community for AI-focused individuals. This event features presentations, networking, and discussions on recent AI applications. Hosted by Tokyo AI (TAI) at STATION AI.

Tuesday, February 4

• Tokyo Startup Lunch Club | 🕦 11:30 | Tokyo International Forum | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Casual lunch meetup for startup founders, investors, and enthusiasts to connect and network in an informal setting.

• TAI AAI #07: Scaling AI Performance | 🕐 18:00 | Minato City, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo AI’s Advanced AI group features speakers on large model training, inference engineering, and research. Guests include Maxime Labonne (Liquid AI) and Byung-Gon Chun (FriendliAI). They’ll cover LLM post-training, accelerating generative AI inference, and evolutionary model merging.

• Mastering First Impressions | 🕐 18:00 | Isai Akasaka, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Workshop on making strong first impressions, covering conversation skills, body language, and cross-cultural communication. Geared towards introverts, professionals networking in Japan, and those seeking to improve cross-cultural skills.

• NAGOYA CONNECT Event | 🕐 19:30 | CIC Tokyo | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Final round of the Tokai Student Entrepreneurship Club Competition. Open to students and professionals.

Wednesday, February 5

• Shibuya Public Event Brunch | 🕕 16:00 | Shibuya Startup Support Space | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Networking brunch hosted by Shibuya Startup Support, providing tools and connections for startups to grow.

• Tokyo Music AI Gathering | 🕐 18:00 | Sony City Osaki, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo Music AI Gathering connects people working in AI and music technology. Features invited talks by Dr. Masataka Goto and Nao Tokui, plus introductions from Sony AI, Sony CSL, Neutone, and Yamaha. Casual networking opportunity.

• Design Journey: Hackathon to Product Launch | 🕐 19:00 | Le Wagon Tokyo - Coding Bootcamp, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Learn how designers contribute to hackathon success and transition from prototype to product. Hear from Artomo, winners of the MeltingHack x RevenueCat Subscription App Hackathon. Participate in a live usability testing session of the Artomo app.

Thursday, February 6

• Digital Nomads Coworking | 🕐 10:00 | Tokyo Innovation Base | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Coworking event for digital nomads and expats at TiB, Tokyo. Free registration via TiB website. Limited to 20 people. Photos and videos will be taken. English primary language.

• Yokohama Startup Lunchclub | 🕦 11:30 | WeWork Ocean Gate Minatomirai | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Casual lunch meetup for startup founders, investors, and enthusiasts to connect and network in an informal setting.

• Framer Café | 🕐 11:00 | Blue Bottle Coffee Shibuya, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Casual meetup for Framer users in Tokyo. Share projects, get feedback, and connect with other designers and developers. Bring your laptop (optional).

• Thursday Gathering | 🕐 16:00 | CIC Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Thursday Gathering #324 features various sessions, including how to enjoy the gathering, psychology research crowdfunding, a nature-positive journey, and discussions on augmented reality innovation, social founders’ issues, student entrepreneurship, deep tech startup ecosystems, and venture capital.

• AI Virtual Human Meetup | 🕐 19:00 | Meguro City, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: AI Virtual Human Meetup: Networking event for those interested in AI and virtual humans. Explore latest trends and future potential, featuring projects with NVIDIA and clients. Pizza and beer provided. Open to entrepreneurs, engineers, and creators.

• Space Cafe Tokyo: Exploring Exoplanets | 🕐 20:00 | Good Heavens British Bar Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A talk on the Ariel Space Mission, exploring exoplanets. Anastasia Kokori discusses mission objectives and public involvement. Held at Good Heavens British Bar, Shimokitazawa. Doors 7:30 PM, talk 8:00 PM. Tickets ¥1500 with first drink.

Friday, February 7

• Future Starting Point Idea Creation | 🕐 10:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Workshop on creating future-oriented ideas. Covers imagining future scenarios, building narratives, reverse engineering ideal solutions, and initiating steps towards that future. Geared towards aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs.

• GLOBAL INSIGHT DAY | 🕐 16:30 | Ritsumeikan University - Osaka Ibaraki Campus | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: A day to explore the future from a global perspective. Includes presentations on enjoying OIC CONNECT, career paths for innovators, the potential of Osaka/Kansai in healthcare and life sciences, a startup showcase from Côte d’Ivoire, and building Kansai’s future with international students.

• 2600 Meeting | 🕐 19:00 | Beemars, Shinjuku | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Monthly meeting of the Tokyo 2600 chapter, the only active one in Japan. Discussion about hacking and other topics. Entire bar reserved.

Saturday, February 8

• Coffee and Code | 🕐 10:00 | Starbucks In Roppongi Hills Lobby, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Relaxed event for coders, beginners, and IT professionals. Bring a laptop, grab coffee, discuss coding/learning, get help, share tips. All nationalities and ages welcome. RSVP limited to 20, but waitlisted attendees can still come.

Sunday, February 9

• Feed Forward: Brunch for LLM Enthusiasts | 🕐 11:45 | Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A casual brunch for LLM enthusiasts, including developers, computer scientists, data scientists, and mathematicians. Discussions on LLM models, practical workflows, linear algebra, calculus, probability, and LLM applications. First-time attendees who RSVP on meetup.com get free meals.

• AI Agent Hackathon | 🕐 12:30 | Le Wagon Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: A 4-hour hackathon focused on building AI agents for trip planning. Teams of 1-3 will develop prototypes and demo them. The event includes networking, food, and drinks. Open to all skill levels, from engineers to designers and AI enthusiasts.

• LEAPUP NIGHT #3 Regional Competition | 🕐 15:00 | Tokyo Innovation Base | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Regional competition event for students and entrepreneurs from various regions. Participants will team up and brainstorm regional challenges. Networking opportunities with entrepreneurs from different regions. Includes a networking event with local food.

Disclaimer

Events above are collected from a variety of online open sources. There might be changes or cancellations. Please check the event page for the most up-to-date information.

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