Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`25 Mar 24 - Mar 30]

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of March 24 to March 30.

Events

Monday, March 24

• Antler Japan Demo Day 2025 Spring | 🕘 11:00 | Mirai Lab Pallette Hub, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Demo Day featuring pitches from 7 startups, global panel discussions, and networking. Topics include startup ecosystems, deep tech, Web3, women in tech, and Japan’s unicorn future.

• Sendagaya.rb | 🕐 21:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Online meetup discussing Kaigi on Rails 2024, RubyKaigi 2024, and other Ruby/Rails topics. Participants can bring questions, work on projects, or discuss topics from provided resources. The event includes self-introductions, topic discussions, and optional extended discussions.

Tuesday, March 25

• Takeoff Tokyo | 🕐 All Day 25-26 | Tokyo Big Sight | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Asia’s flagship startup event, Takeoff Tokyo, gathers founders, investors, and companies. Startups compete in a pitch contest, and entrepreneurs and investors share insights on panels. Event includes access to the main event, matchmaking app, jobs, and side events.

• 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.

• Zero to One User: Brunch for Founders | 🕐 11:45 | Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: TechBrunch meetup on early user acquisition for tech founders, side hustlers, and open-source creators. Relaxed brunch, informal talks, open discussions, and networking. First-timers RSVPing on meetup.com get free meals.

• Government Startup Online Pitch | 🕐 16:30 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Startups addressing local government challenges pitch their solutions and collaborative projects. Event includes presentations by Kids Public, Omotete, Magic shields, SHIN4NY, and MamaWell.

• Practice English startup pitches | 🕐 18:00 | Online | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Practice English startup pitches and receive feedback. Includes pitch presentation, Q&A, and feedback on presentation skills, storytelling, pronunciation, and slide clarity. Targeted at non-native English speakers.

• Tokyo HackerSpace Weekly | 🕢 19:30 | HackerSpace, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Weekly gathering for tech enthusiasts, makers, and hackers to collaborate, share ideas, and work on projects together.

• Inclusive Design with Users | 🕐 19:30 | Yahoo! Japan, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Inclusive design for 50% of new KOKUYO products. Design process of ‘With User’ rather than ‘For User’. Discussion on inclusive design process at KOKUYO and Inclusive Design Network. Accessible, hybrid, multilingual meetup with real-time captions and translation. Networking session.

Wednesday, March 26

• Takeoff Tokyo | 🕐 All Day 25-26 | Tokyo Big Sight | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Asia’s flagship startup event, Takeoff Tokyo, gathers founders, investors, and companies. Startups compete in a pitch contest, and entrepreneurs and investors share insights on panels. Event includes access to the main event, matchmaking app, jobs, and side events.

• 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.

• Yokohama Connect #10 | 🕐 16:00 | Tech Hub Yokohama | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #10, held at Tech Hub Yokohama. The event offers both in-person and online participation options. It includes sessions like “How to enjoy YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT”, discussions on mobility trends, collaboration opportunities with Central Asia, and exploring innovation principles.

• Data Intelligence Tokyo #13 | 🕐 18:00 | Wework Shinagawa, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Data Intelligence Tokyo gathers business and tech professionals interested in data. The community focuses on data strategies, organization, management, governance, platforms, products, and AI governance. This event features a lightning talk by Eddie Wang and networking opportunities.

• AWS Tech Talks | 🕐 18:00 | Aws Startup Loft, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: AWS Tech Talks in English offers networking and presentations on LocalStack for AWS development, scaling visual effects render farms, cell-based architecture design in AWS. Speakers include Paul McMahon, Codie Newark, Remi Pierre, and Kazuki Higashiguchi.

• JJUG Night Seminar Java 24 Release Event | 🕐 19:00 | Microsoft Office, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Celebrating Java 24’s release. Explore new features, improvements, and future directions with Java experts. No online streaming. Covers JDK 24’s new features and key takeaways for developers. Includes a session on language features and libraries, and another on JVM, especially JEP 491.

• Tokyo HackerSpace Weekly JP | 🕢 19:30 | HackerSpace, Tokyo | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Weekly gathering for tech enthusiasts, makers, and hackers to collaborate, share ideas, and work on projects together. In Japanese.

Thursday, March 27

• Digital Nomads Morning Coworking | 🕐 10:00 | Blink Roppongi | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Morning coworking event for digital nomads and expats in Roppongi. Limited to 15 people. Order at least one drink. Photos and videos will be taken. English spoken.

• AI Expo Spring | 🕐 10:00 | Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho Hall | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: AI Expo Spring 2025 accelerates AI adoption. Explore latest AI products/services, attend conferences on generative AI and other trends, and network with industry peers. Benefit from expert seminars, discover cutting-edge technologies, and find solutions for business challenges.

• Thursday Gathering | 🕐 16:00 | Cic Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Thursday Gathering #330 features various sessions, including “How to Enjoy Thursday Gathering,” “Rocket Pitch Night Info Session,” discussions on air management and Central Asia’s tech future, communication skills, regional collaboration, and public relations basics.

• Community Gathering by Shibuya Startup Support | 🕐 18:00 | Bridge, Shibuya, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Casual networking event in collaboration with Takeoff Tokyo. Featuring reverse pitches, elevator pitches by startups, and networking opportunities. Organized by Shibuya Startup Support.

• XR Tokyo - Stereoscopic 3D: The Cornerstone of XR | 🕐 19:00 | Lull Tech Beach Shibuya Coworking Space, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: XR Tokyo event featuring Nima Zeighami, VP of Product at Infinite Reality, discussing Stereoscopic 3D in XR. Includes intro to Apple Vision Pro Hackathon, XR demos, and networking.

Friday, March 28

• Neural Conditional Probability for Uncertainty Quantification | 🕐 14:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Hybrid event (in-person at RIKEN AIP Open Space, Nihombashi office, and online via Zoom). Giacomo Turri discusses Neural Conditional Probability (NCP) for statistical inference. NCP learns conditional distributions for confidence regions and key statistics. It offers efficient inference and handles complex distributions.

• LINE Mini App Accessibility | 🕐 19:00 | Classmethod Hibiya Head Office, Tokyo | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A study session on accessibility in LINE Mini Apps. The event aims to raise awareness about accessibility and provide practical examples of how to improve it. Target audience includes businesses, engineers, and developers interested in LINE Mini Apps and accessibility.

• Vue.js v-tokyo Meetup | 🕐 19:00 | Unique Vision Inc., Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: 22nd Vue.js Japan User Group Meetup, focusing on reactivity in web frontend frameworks, featuring alien-signals v1 release. Discussions on TC39 Signals standardization and its impact on frameworks like Vue, Angular, Preact, and Svelte.

Saturday, March 29

• Marunouchi Morning Code | 🕐 10:00 | Dean & Deluca Marunouchi, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Free meetup for those interested in code, web development, design, cloud, blockchain, or AI. All levels welcome. Bring your laptop, discuss projects, and share ideas. Attendees not on the ‘Going’ list will be charged a 3000 yen fee.

• Impact Future Weekend | 🕐 10:30 | Sushi Tech Square, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Impact Future Weekend, hosted by We Are The Impact LLC, empowers the startup ecosystem. Entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders gather to learn, connect, and collaborate on social and environmental impact. The event features keynote speakers, panel discussions, startup pitches, and networking opportunities.

• One Hour, One Goal | 🕐 16:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Weekly online study group for those interested in technology. Members from different countries share their studies on Discord. Activities include programming, CS fundamentals, technical English, and writing tech blogs. The event includes opening/closing announcements, self-introductions, focused work time, and progress sharing.

Sunday, March 30

• Developer Personal Project Meetup | 🕐 10:00 | Starbucks Coffee - Shibuya Modi, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: International developer meetup in Tokyo. Participants introduce themselves and share projects/portfolios, discuss improvements and monetization, collaborate or work individually, and share insights. Open to all skill levels. Bring a laptop. Primarily English with Japanese speakers present.

• Digital Nomads Coffee & Craft Beer Break | 🕐 13:00 | The Folks, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Casual meetup for digital nomads and expats in Tokyo at the Folks in Harajuku. Enjoy craft beer and coffee, network, and make international connections. Limited to 25 people. Photos and videos will be taken.

• Shibuya Sunset Code | 🕐 16:00 | Starbucks Coffee - Shibuya Cross Tower | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A meetup for coding, web development, design, cloud computing, and AI enthusiasts. All skill levels welcome. Bring your laptop, enjoy coffee, share your work, and connect with others. Free event, but purchase from the venue is expected.

• Master English Pronunciation | 🕐 18:00 | Online | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Workshop for founders, entrepreneurs, and business professionals to improve English pronunciation. Covers tricky sounds like R/L, B/V, TH, mouth positioning, and natural stress. Individual feedback provided.

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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