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Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`25 Jul 7 - Jul 13]
Here is a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of July 7 - July 13.
Hello, tech and startup enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of July 7 - July 13.
Events
Monday, July 7
TDM: Building a Personal Brand on Social Media | 🕐 19:00 | Blink Community Roppongi | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Learn how to build a personal brand and grow a social media following from scratch. Discover how to design a brand funnel, make conversions, overcome content creation challenges, and go beyond simply posting content. The event features a presentation by Lindo Korchi, founder of a personal branding agency and host of the Normal to Founder podcast.
Sendagaya.rb #500 | 🕐 21:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Sendagaya.rb #500, an online event. Discussion topics include RubyKaigi 2025, Kaigi on Rails 2024, and general development challenges. Participants are encouraged to share topics and questions. The event will utilize Google Meet and Slack for communication.
Tuesday, July 8
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.
LFDT Tokyo Meetup | 🕐 18:00 | Wework Shinagawa, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: LFDT Tokyo Meetup #4 focuses on Hyperledger Fabric (HLF). Leaders will discuss the latest trends and use cases of HLF. The talks aim to showcase the current state and potential of HLF.
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, July 9
Antler Residency in Japan - Batch 5 - AMA | 🕐 12:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: AMA session about Antler Residency in Japan - Batch 5. Program Manager Yumiko answers questions about the program, participation, experiences, and Antler’s value. The session is for those interested in starting a business with global expansion ambitions.
LATAM-Japan Innovation Night | 🕐 16:00 | Shibuya Startup Support, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Networking event connecting AI startups/professionals with key figures from the Silicon Valley–LATAM–Japan innovation corridor. Part of the “LATAM IN JAPAN” initiative, hosted by Luminarium.io and Love My Robot. Focus on connecting founders with the Luminarium advisory circle. Limited capacity.
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 #17 | 🕐 16:00 | Tech Hub Yokohama | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #17 is a hybrid event held at Tech Hub Yokohama. The event offers various sessions, including demo tables, presentations, and breakout discussions covering topics such as navigating business and social sectors, the future of creative impact, and stakeholder collaboration for social issue resolution.
Talk: From tensor factorizations to circuits | 🕐 17:30 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Prof. Antonio Vergari discusses connecting tensor factorizations with circuits in probabilistic ML. He argues that these seemingly different models are two sides of the same coin, impacting parameterization and expressiveness. This allows for novel deep factorizations and understanding generative models.
LINE Yahoo Backend Engineer Recruitment Briefing | 🕐 19:00 | Online | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Recruitment briefing for backend engineers at LINE Yahoo. Discussion on development in Yahoo! News, advertising business platform, and commerce payment platform. Speakers will share insights into tech stacks, team structures, and career opportunities. A Q&A session will be held.
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, July 10
Yokohama Startup Lunchclub | 🕐 11:00 | Tech Hub Yokohama | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Monthly networking event for entrepreneurs, innovators, and professionals in Yokohama. Connect, collaborate, and explore opportunities within Yokohama’s startup ecosystem. Expect inspiring conversations, knowledge sharing, and meaningful networking. The next session will be at Tech Hub Yokohama.
CIC Thursday Gathering | 🕐 16:00 | CIC Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Thursday Gathering #343 features various sessions, including how to enjoy the gathering, discussions on university education DX and digital credentials, PR thinking, US-UK ecosystem comparison for global strategy, women engineers’ career strategies, and regional startup events’ global impact.
Seminar: Adaptive Bayesian Intelligence | 🕐 17:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Talk by Dr. Octave Mariotti on Unsupervised 3D Vision and Evaluation Biases. Covers modeling geometric constraints in deep learning for object pose estimation and semantic correspondence. Highlights issues in dataset metrics and proposes 3D-aware performance adaptations.
TokyoDev Talks: Elixir-Fueled Startups | 🕐 18:30 | Tokyo Innovation Base, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: TokyoDev Talks Vol. 6 features presentations on Elixir in startups. Topics include using Elixir for everything from UI to infrastructure and how it’s used in fraud detection. Speakers are Hampus Hammarlund from Lunaris and Eurico Doirado from Spider Labs. Networking and refreshments provided.
PyCon US 2025 Report Meeting | 🕐 19:00 | Hennge, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Report meeting on PyCon US 2025 held in Pittsburgh. Speakers and attendees will share experiences. Hybrid event, onsite at HENNGE office in Shibuya. Includes reports, panel discussions, and a pizza party. For those curious about PyCon, interested in attending or speaking at overseas PyCons.
pixiv App Night | 🕐 19:15 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Pixiv App Night for mobile app developers (iOS & Android). Two presentations by iOS engineers: performance tuning of the new pixiv home tab and using KeyPath for recursive structs. Online event via Google Meet, recorded and archived on YouTube.
TAI AHR #10 - AI x Autonomous Driving | 🕐 18:00 | Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: The Tokyo AI (TAI) community hosts an event on AI and autonomous driving. The event includes talks on TBD topics by TBD speakers, followed by networking. TAI is Japan’s largest AI community with over 2400 members.
Friday, July 11
No events listed.
Saturday, July 12
Daikanyama Morning Code | 🕐 09:00 | Dean & Deluca, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Free meetup for tech enthusiasts of all levels. Discuss projects, learn, and share ideas. Registration required. Buy something from the venue. 3000 yen fee if not on the ‘Going’ list.
Digital Nomads Morning Activity | 🕐 09:00 | Dean & Deluca Cafe Tokyo College Of Music Nakameguro・daikanyama Campus | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Morning activity event for digital nomads and expats in Nakameguro. Breakfast, networking, and making international connections. Limited to 20 people. Event will be held at DEAN & DELUCA.
AI Video Production Hands-on with Alibaba Cloud WAN | 🕐 12:30 | Golden Egg Incubation Space, Shibuya, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A hands-on event focusing on AI video production using Alibaba Cloud’s WAN and Kling AI. Learn from the WAN development team and top AI video creators. The event covers everything from basic AI video production to professional techniques. Includes a hands-on workshop, presentations, and networking opportunities.
Sunday, July 13
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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