# Week of Mon, August 17, 2026 · JapanTech

Aug 17 – Aug 23 (JST). Page: https://japantech.info/weeks/2026-W34/

## Tue, August 18, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315885948/): Tue, August 18, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small-group brunch in Iidabashi digging into functional programming and category theory: monoids, functors, applicatives and monads.
- [Tokyo Weekly Lunch](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-sxwcxtyjclbxb/): Tue, August 18, 2026 12:00 JST, Tokyo Station City Sapia Tower, 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005. Weekly Tuesday lunch networking for Tokyo founders, investors, and engineers. No pitches or presentations, just conversation over food.
- [\[Computational Learning Theory Team Seminar\] Talks on Machine Learning for Mobility and Sensing](https://japantech.info/events/doorkeeper-198690/): Tue, August 18, 2026 13:30 JST, Room 313, W2 Building, Ito Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. Two research talks at Kyushu University and on Zoom, on AI for spatial intelligence in cyber-physical systems and deep learning for remote sensing.
- [Global Women Leaders: TIB Lounge](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5097798/): Tue, August 18, 2026 18:30 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. Small-group roundtable at Tokyo Innovation Base with bilingual leadership coach Helen Iwata on confidence, career, and building a business.
- [Physical AI & Robotics Nomikai](https://japantech.info/events/luma-3l5rsgu3/): Tue, August 18, 2026 19:00 JST, Shibuya, Tokyo. A casual Shibuya nomikai for people building in physical AI and robotics: no slides, no talks, just conversation over drinks.
- [Weekly Tuesday Meetup](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315887238/): Tue, August 18, 2026 19:30 JST, Tokyo HackerSpace, Akasaka, 8 Chome−12−13 アゼリア赤坂 102. Tuesday open house at Tokyo Hackerspace in Akasaka, 19:30 to 22:00: drop in, meet the members, and see the workshop.

## Wed, August 19, 2026

- [2026 Japan-Taiwan Innovation Summit Day 2 - Startup Day](https://japantech.info/events/luma-3wg294vl/): Wed, August 19, 2026 10:00 JST, Chiyoda City, Japan. Startup Day of the Japan-Taiwan Innovation Summit: 35+ Taiwanese startups pitch, plus matching with Japanese corporates, VCs, and support bodies.
- [Running a Business in Japan: The Legal & Financial Essentials](https://japantech.info/events/luma-wsu5qfdk/): Wed, August 19, 2026 13:30 JST, Chiyoda City, Japan. Lawyers, a tax accountant, and finance specialists from Japan and Taiwan walk Taiwanese startups through setting up and running a company in Japan.
- [Snack and Connect](https://japantech.info/events/gcal-1cqjeihehcok5mht496nifhtmg_20260819T1600/): Wed, August 19, 2026 16:00 JST, Shibuya Startup Support, Japan, 〒150-0011 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Higashi, 1-chōme−29−３ 渋谷Bridge B棟. A weekly Wednesday evening networking event with snacks, open to the public, for anyone interested in Tokyo's startup scene.
- [Green Drinks Kansai - Osaka](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5123508/): Wed, August 19, 2026 18:30 JST, Brooklyn Parlor Osaka, Osaka, Chuo Ward, Nishishinsaibashi, 2-chōme−2−3 A-PLACE心斎橋 B1F. A drop-in evening of casual networking in Osaka for people interested in climate, environmental protection, biodiversity, and sustainability.
- [\[In-Person\] JJUG Night Seminar: Valhalla, Now!](https://japantech.info/events/doorkeeper-198604/): Wed, August 19, 2026 19:00 JST, 日本マイクロソフト株式会社, 〒108-0075 東京都港区港南 2-16-3 品川グランドセントラルタワー. JJUG's August night seminar in Shinagawa: Oracle's Nicolai Parlog on Project Valhalla value types, ahead of a likely JDK 28 preview. In English.
- [THS "Nihongo Night" Open House](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315902605/): Wed, August 19, 2026 19:30 JST, Tokyo HackerSpace, 赤坂8丁目12−13 アサレアビル102. A Japanese-language open house at a Nogizaka hackerspace, with a look around the workshop and time to meet members.

## Thu, August 20, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316055030/): Thu, August 20, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small morning brunch in Iidabashi where mathematicians and developers dissect favourite theorems and the structures under their code.
- [TOHOKU STARTUP NIGHT 2026 (TG #393)](https://japantech.info/events/gatherus-aebc52c5-3f8a-4c47-8f97-5d58434d8ed6/): Thu, August 20, 2026 16:00 JST, CIC Tokyo, Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15F, 1 Chome-17-1 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo. A Thursday gathering at CIC Tokyo on the Sendai and Tohoku startup ecosystem, from research commercialization to physical AI in city planning.
- [SCALE Batch2 Kickoff Special Session: When Pay No Longer Decides, How Do People Choose a Company?](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5061001/): Thu, August 20, 2026 18:00 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. Kickoff for SCALE Program Batch2: pitches from 10 selected startups plus a session on attracting talent beyond pay.
- [LY Corporation Data Science Share #2](https://japantech.info/events/connpass-400921/): Thu, August 20, 2026 19:00 JST, LINEヤフー株式会社 紀尾井町オフィス. The second edition of a data science knowledge-sharing meetup, held in person on a weekday evening at a Kioicho office in Tokyo.

## Fri, August 21, 2026

- [Ship Fast x Fix Fast: The Full DevOps Picture with CircleCI and PagerDuty](https://japantech.info/events/connpass-403399/): Fri, August 21, 2026 12:00 JST, Online. A CircleCI and PagerDuty webinar on CI/CD cost structure, cutting incident response time, and turning post-incident reviews into fixes.
- [JichiTIME Meetup: Extended Edition](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5070022/): Fri, August 21, 2026 15:00 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. Local governments from across Japan pitch co-creation cases and partnership needs to startups, with booths and networking at Tokyo Innovation Base.

## Sat, August 22, 2026

- [Daikanyama Morning Code](https://japantech.info/events/luma-m47igp5t/): Sat, August 22, 2026 09:00 JST, Meguro City, Tokyo. A two-hour morning meetup in Daikanyama for people working on code, web, design, cloud, or AI. All levels welcome, bring a laptop.
- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316055032/): Sat, August 22, 2026 11:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small-group brunch meetup in Iidabashi for the Lisp language family, with lightning talks, live demos, and language design discussion.
- [\[#95\] Let's Translate MDN Together! Regular Translation Community Meetup](https://japantech.info/events/doorkeeper-198358/): Sat, August 22, 2026 13:00 JST, Online. Monthly online meetup (#95) where volunteers translate MDN Web Docs into Japanese together; beginners welcome.

## Sun, August 23, 2026

- [Haskell-jp Mokumoku-kai #357 @ Online](https://japantech.info/events/connpass-404052/): Sun, August 23, 2026 13:00 JST, Haskell-jp Slack Workspace. An online Haskell work session held in Slack: work on your own project, then share results at the end. Free to join, come and go anytime.
- [Tech Networking Meetup in Shibuya #15](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315883611/): Sun, August 23, 2026 18:00 JST, Sam’s Bar Tokyo, 25-7 Maruyamacho (4F) Shibuya Tokyo , 4th Floor. Casual IT networking evening at a Shibuya bar, with rotating small groups so participants meet engineers, founders and recruiters.