Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`25 Apr 14 - Apr 20]

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of April 14 to April 20.

Events

Monday, April 14

• Flagship AI-driven research programs at IIT | 🕐 10:30 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Alessio Del Bue from Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) will present IIT’s AI-driven research programs. Topics include data-driven material design, neuroscience and robotics, and healthy living technologies. The talk also covers recent breakthroughs in humanoid robot autonomy using imitation learning.

• VS Code Monthly Update | 🕐 21:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Monthly update on VS Code presented by VS Code Meetup members. Streamed on YouTube Live. This session covers the March 2025 (v1.99) update. Content and schedule subject to change. VS Code Meetup is a meetup for the code editor Visual Studio Code. Beginners welcome. Code of Conduct applies.

• Sendagaya.rb #491 | 🕐 21:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Online meetup by Sendagaya.rb. Discuss Kaigi on Rails 2024, RubyKaigi 2024 highlights, coding challenges, and more. Held via Google Meet. Join their Slack for community interaction and resource sharing.

Tuesday, April 15

• 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.

• ClickHouse & Confluent Meetup | 🕐 17:00 | Wework Kamiyacho Trust Tower, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Joint meetup by ClickHouse & Confluent exploring integration for real-time analytics. Topics include maximizing analytics with integration, building real-time aggregation systems, and building IoT analytics platforms. Speakers from ClickHouse, Confluent, Smartnews, and EMQ.

• Post try! Swift Conference Drinks | 🕐 18:00 | Brewdog Roppongi | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Casual meetup after the try! Swift Tokyo conference. Open to everyone, feel free to arrive anytime.

• Python x Gemini 2.0 API Hands-on: Build with AI | 🕐 19:00 | Google Shibuya Office, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Hands-on event about Gemini 2.0 Flash using Python in Google Colab. Learn Gemini API basics. For beginners. Bring your laptop. Google Cloud will be used, voucher codes provided. Event held at Google Shibuya Office, Tokyo. Registration required with real name.

• Tokyu.rb RubyKaigi2025 Special Meeting | 🕐 19:00 | 大入亭, Matsuyama | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Tokyu.rb pre-RubyKaigi2025 special meetup at Matsuyama’s 大入亭. Fresh sashimi with sweet soy sauce. 12 pieces per person. Tokyu.rb is a gathering for Ruby enthusiasts and others along the Tokyu lines.

• TAI AAI #09 - AI x Science | 🕐 18:30 | Bunkyo City, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo AI (TAI) Advanced AI (AAI) group session on AI in science. Covers AI for accelerating material discovery, how models learn chemical reactivity, and self-driving laboratories. Speakers include Indra Priyadarsini, Elisa Mendoza Zamarripa, and Naruki Yoshikawa. Networking included.

• 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.

Wednesday, April 16

• TeamZ Summit 2025 | 🕐 10:00 | Toranomon Hills Forum, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo FinTech offers a 10% discount for TeamZ Summit 2025. Combined with the early bird code, attendees can get a 70% discount. Book tickets on the official site.

• 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.

• Technical AMA | 🕐 17:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Learn about software engineering and breaking into tech. AMA session offers insights into Code Chrysalis’s full-time coding bootcamp, covering technical skills, challenges, and career outcomes. Get answers from the team.

• TokyoDev Talks Vol. 3 @ Autify: LLM Integration | 🕐 18:30 | Autify, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: TokyoDev Talks Vol. 3 features presentations on LLM integration for large texts and no-code testing platforms by engineers from Autify. The event includes networking opportunities and is aimed at software developers and related professionals.

• Tokyo Software Testing Meetup | 🕐 19:00 | Le Wagon Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo Software Testing Meetup, hosted at Le Wagon coding bootcamp. QA professionals connect, share knowledge, and learn. Discussions on latest trends and best practices in software quality assurance. Speakers include Marius-Mihail Gurgu, Motonari Kudo, and Jason Shields.

• React Native Meetup | 🕐 19:00 | Menu株式会社, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: 21st React Native LT meetup, co-hosted with menu Inc. Discussions in Japanese. Open to all React Native topics, 10-minute LTs. Schedule adjustable. English presentations welcome.

• PdM Meetup | 🕐 19:00 | Lineヤフー株式会社 紀尾井町オフィス | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: GO and LINE Yahoo co-host an offline event. Product managers from both companies discuss “Platformer’s Crisis and Opportunity.” The event focuses on building user relationships and includes a networking session.

• TAI AHR #06 - AI x Humanoids | 🕐 19:00 | Bunkyo City, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo AI’s AI in Hardware and Robotics group session on AI and Humanoids. Featuring talks by Alessio Del Bue on the evolution from Spatial AI to Embodied AI and Simon Gormuzov on the next generation of humanoid robots. Networking opportunities included.

• 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, April 17

• Molecular Informatics Team Seminar | 🕐 09:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Online seminar on uniting high-throughput quantum chemistry and graph neural networks to enhance property prediction for autonomous molecular discovery. Talk by Haoyang (Oscar) Wu, MIT ChemE-CSE. Focuses on QM-GNN approach for predicting regio-selectivity and impact of QM descriptors on D-MPNNs.

• Yokohama Startup Lunchclub | 🕐 11:00 | Tech Hub Yokohama | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Monthly networking event for entrepreneurs, innovators, and professionals in Yokohama. Connect with like-minded individuals, gain insights from guest speakers, and expand your network. Held at Tech Hub Yokohama.

• Accelerate 2025 | 🕐 13:00 | Toranomon, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Startup event focused on accelerating the Japanese startup ecosystem. Features speakers from global VCs, discussions on startup evolution, and networking opportunities.

• Thursday Gathering | 🕐 16:00 | Cic Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Thursday Gathering #333 features various sessions, including “How to Enjoy Thursday Gathering,” discussions on public-private partnerships, an innovation workshop, and a meetup for beginners. Both in-person and online options are available.

• Redefining Success Across Cultures | 🕐 17:30 | Offline | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Explore how success is defined across cultures. Discuss personal definitions, cultural influences, life pivots, and global lessons. Share experiences and connect with others in Tokyo.

• GitHub Copilot Meetup #4, Catchup & Handson | 🕐 18:00 | Line Yahoo Osaka Office | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Hands-on event for those who haven’t experienced GitHub Copilot. Free plan available. Includes catchup, hands-on, and networking opportunities. Speakers: Yusuke Satake (Microsoft) and Takashi Takebayashi (Microsoft MVP).

• Kansai Deeptech Meetup Vol.2 | 🕐 18:30 | Muic Kansai | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: The Kansai Deeptech Meetup vol.2 features Yellow Duck, a company developing wave power generation and CO2 capture devices. This meetup offers a discussion on the potential of wave power and its challenges, especially relevant for countries like Japan. Open to anyone interested in renewable energy, DAC, and hydrogen.

• Digital Accessibility Legal Landscape in US | 🕐 19:00 | Gate City Ohsaki East Tower, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Overview of US digital accessibility legal landscape: lawsuits, negotiations, laws, and regulations. Discussion on global framework, ethics, and resources. Speaker: Lainey Feingold, disability rights lawyer and author. Q&A session. Sign up at connpass (Japanese).

• JJUG Night Seminar “Spring” | 🕐 19:00 | Microsoft Office, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: JJUG Night Seminar on Spring Security, Spring Boot development, testing, and operation. Practical know-how for Java engineers involved with Spring. No online streaming.

• Tech Talk: Actionable Advice to Level Up Your Career | 🕐 18:30 | Blink Roppongi, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tech talk for career advancement, focusing on women in tech. Panel discussion followed by small group sessions addressing salary negotiation, career progression, and manager relationships. Speakers include Priska Burkard, Yan Fan, and Ewa Szyszka.

Friday, April 18

• Antler Co-Founder CONNECT | 🕐 17:00 | Fingate Kayaba, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Matchmaking event for entrepreneurs seeking co-founders. Connect with innovators and founders from Antler Residency in Japan. Not for sales/recruiting purposes.

• TAI AHR AI x Space | 🕐 19:00 | Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: This session covers AI, Hardware, and Robotics in Space. Speakers will discuss AI’s role in space operations, smarter satellites, and autonomous robots in farming. The event includes presentations by Alejandro Sela, Chew Vee Kuan, and Cheng Yu-Cheng.

• Digital Nomads Craft Beer Night | 🕐 19:00 | The Folks, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Craft beer event for digital nomads and expats in Harajuku. Casual networking in a loft-style lounge with soft drinks and coffee also available. Limited to 25 people. Photos and videos will be taken.

• Nerd Nite Tokyo | 🕐 20:00 | Ryozan Park Lounge, Toshima City | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Monthly event featuring talks on science, technology, art, and history. This month’s topics include new rocket engines and augmented reality. Drinks and food available. Doors open at 7 PM, talks start at 8 PM. Livestream option also available.

Saturday, April 19

• Daikanyama Morning Code | 🕐 09:00 | Dean & Deluca, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Free meetup for all levels interested in code, web development, design, cloud, blockchain, or AI. Bring your laptop, discuss your work, share projects, and network with other participants.

• Tengu Underground 4.0 | 🕐 11:00 | Kr Ginza Ii, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Hands-on cybersecurity workshop by TenguSec. Learn web app security, network security, and white hat hacking. Focus on knowledge sharing, hacking, and networking. Prior registration required by April 18th. Cost includes 7+ hours of hacking and lunch. Dinner afterward is optional.

• Handmade Meetups Tokyo | 🕐 15:00 | 藤和高田馬場コープⅱ 603号, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Second meetup focused on system programming, software quality, and coding. Attendees are encouraged to bring project demos. Limited spots available, register early. Post-meetup gathering at a nearby Izakaya.

Sunday, April 20

No events listed.

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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