# Week of Mon, August 24, 2026 · JapanTech

Aug 24 – Aug 30 (JST). Page: https://japantech.info/weeks/2026-W35/

## Mon, August 24, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316055037/): Mon, August 24, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small Vim and Neovim brunch in Iidabashi where users walk through their configs, trade plugins, and swap modal editing tips.
- [Digital Nomads Monday Morning Coworking at Shibuya](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316041987/): Mon, August 24, 2026 09:00 JST, NIB SHIBUYA powered by MIDORI.so, 16-13 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya, , Sakuraoka Front Ⅱ 3F. Monday morning coworking for digital nomads and expats at MIDORI.so Shibuya, working side by side with breaks to connect. Mainly in English.
- [Sendagaya.rb #537](https://japantech.info/events/doorkeeper-198871/): Mon, August 24, 2026 21:00 JST, Online. Online Ruby meetup from a west Tokyo Rubyist community: RubyKaigi 2026 and Kaigi on Rails 2025 topics, dev questions, and free self-study time.

## Tue, August 25, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315885952/): Tue, August 25, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small English-language brunch meetup at an Iidabashi hotel restaurant, focused on web scraping tools, proxies and browser automation.
- [Tokyo Weekly Lunch](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315871579/): Tue, August 25, 2026 12:00 JST, Tokyo Station City Sapia Tower, 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005. Weekly Tuesday lunch networking for Tokyo's startup community: founders, investors, and engineers talking over food, with no pitches.
- [Weekly Tuesday Meetup](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-315986198/): Tue, August 25, 2026 19:30 JST, Tokyo HackerSpace, Akasaka, 8 Chome−12−13 アゼリア赤坂 102. Tokyo Hackerspace's Tuesday open house in Akasaka: drop in from 19:30, meet the members, and see the space and its shared tools.

## Wed, August 26, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316055031/): Wed, August 26, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small brunch meetup in Iidabashi for people who use, build, or study large language models.
- [JETRO x ERA Global Pre-Accelerator Support Program: Virtual Webinar, featuring YOBO Health](https://japantech.info/events/luma-rsyrs6ea/): Wed, August 26, 2026 09:00 JST, Online. Zoom webinar on the JETRO x ERA Global 10-week pre-accelerator for Japanese founders targeting top US accelerators, with a participant spotlight.
- [YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #44](https://japantech.info/events/gatherus-dabcf202-ac52-4e01-b86b-19018536948a/): Wed, August 26, 2026 16:00 JST, TECH HUB YOKOHAMA, 横浜ランドマークタワー, 横浜市西区みなとみらい2-2-1. Yokohama innovation night at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA: sessions on Hong Kong as a gateway to Asia and on AI adoption, plus open networking.
- [Snack and Connect](https://japantech.info/events/gcal-1cqjeihehcok5mht496nifhtmg_20260826T1600/): Wed, August 26, 2026 16:00 JST, Shibuya Startup Support, Japan, 〒150-0011 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Higashi, 1-chōme−29−３ 渋谷Bridge B棟. Weekly drop-in networking at the Bridge office in Higashi-Shibuya, with snacks, startup conversation, and no registration required.
- [AI x Cyber: Hardening Agentic Workflows and Infrastructure](https://japantech.info/events/luma-asjgld8u/): Wed, August 26, 2026 18:00 JST, Tokyo, Japan. Security engineers dissect prompt injection, stateful guardrails, and secure architecture for agentic AI running in production.
- [\[Pitch Applicants / Audience Wanted\] TIB SANDBOX (Pitch Event) / For Idea-Stage to Early-Stage Startups](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5105788/): Wed, August 26, 2026 18:30 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. Five early-stage startups give three-minute pitches and receive immediate feedback from VC commentators. Free to attend in Marunouchi, Tokyo.
- [Rethinking Hiring Through Candidate Experience: An Introduction to Startup Recruiting CX](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5122043/): Wed, August 26, 2026 18:30 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. A seminar on designing startup hiring around candidate experience, from awareness to offer acceptance, with case studies and expert insight.
- [THS "Nihongo Night" Open House](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316001851/): Wed, August 26, 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 hackerspace in Akasaka, with 3D printers, a laser cutter, and other tools to look around.

## Thu, August 27, 2026

- [\[Imperfect Information Learning Team Seminar\] Prof. Micah Goldblum: Easy-to-Hard Generalization and Small Batch Training for LLMs](https://japantech.info/events/doorkeeper-198456/): Thu, August 27, 2026 16:00 JST, Online. Columbia University's Micah Goldblum on easy-to-hard generalization and why small-batch SGD keeps pace with Adam for LLM pretraining.
- [Thursday Gathering #394](https://japantech.info/events/gatherus-c5b678e0-cabe-4065-9369-8a1df5747d89/): Thu, August 27, 2026 16:00 JST, CIC Tokyo, Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15F, 1 Chome-17-1 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo. Venture Café Tokyo's weekly Thursday Gathering at CIC Tokyo: talks, sessions, and open networking for the startup scene, in person or online.
- [Vibe Coding With Rust](https://japantech.info/events/guildhost-vibe-coding-with-rust-up318y/): Thu, August 27, 2026 18:30 JST, LiNKX株式会社（LiNKX, Inc.）. A Tokyo Rust talk on agentic coding tools for Rust: where AI assistants fit into systems work, and which ones hold up in daily use.
- [How Enterprises Are Adopting AI - Roundtable #004](https://japantech.info/events/luma-qqikkith/): Thu, August 27, 2026 18:30 JST, Minato City, Japan. A candid Tokyo roundtable where AI consultants, builders, and enterprise practitioners discuss what really works in corporate AI adoption.
- [The Future of XR Creation](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316139857/): Thu, August 27, 2026 19:00 JST, STYLY, Inc. (Located 3F), 3F, 1-34-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan ZIP 160-0022. A Shinjuku XR evening: Akihiko Shirai on what to build beyond XR and generative AI, plus lightning talks and hands-on demos.
- [Space Cafe Tokyo, August 2026](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316225558/): Thu, August 27, 2026 20:00 JST, Good Heavens British Bar Tokyo, 2f 5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya, Tokyo 155-0032. Astrophotography talk at a Shimokitazawa bar: how hobbyists capture nebulae and galaxies from light-polluted Tokyo skies.

## Fri, August 28, 2026

- [Tech Brunch Event](https://japantech.info/events/meetup-316055035/): Fri, August 28, 2026 07:45 JST, Beltempo, Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 3 Chome-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City. A small-group NLP brunch in Iidabashi covering libraries, prompt engineering and lessons from real language processing projects.
- [NAGOYA CONNÉCT #126](https://japantech.info/events/gatherus-9ff3cf93-8638-4dd4-b1cc-7325d9e50f4d/): Fri, August 28, 2026 17:00 JST, Nagono Campus, 2-14-1 Nagono, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The 126th edition of NAGOYA CONNÉCT, a startup and innovation community event held at Nagono Campus in Nagoya.
- [🚀 Antler Japan Online Founder Meetup](https://japantech.info/events/luma-sedih4mf/): Fri, August 28, 2026 17:00 JST, Online. Small-group online meetup where aspiring founders meet Antler Japan and sharpen their ideas in rotating 1-on-1 breakout rooms.
- [\[QST and NIMS Speaking\] New Options in R&D That Make Use of Facilities, Data, and People](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5127463/): Fri, August 28, 2026 17:00 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. Free session where researchers from QST, NIMS and startups present sharing services for lab equipment, experimental data, and technical staff.
- [The Brain That Reads Digital X The Brain That Reads Print](https://japantech.info/events/connpass-400935/): Fri, August 28, 2026 19:00 JST, Online. An online session on how the brain reads differently on digital screens versus printed books.

## Sat, August 29, 2026

- [Marunouchi Morning Code](https://japantech.info/events/luma-i6sw2ab7/): Sat, August 29, 2026 10:00 JST, 千代田区, 東京都. A free two-hour morning meetup in Chiyoda for people working on code, web, design, cloud, blockchain, or AI. Bring a laptop, all levels.
- [\[Intermediate\] Circuit Design Basics Course: Breadboard Challenge!](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5092426/): Sat, August 29, 2026 13:00 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base, 千代田区丸の内３丁目８−３. A small-group workshop teaching circuit design basics through breadboard practice: component placement, noise reduction, and heat management.

## Sun, August 30, 2026

- [Haskell-jp Mokumoku-kai #358 @ Online](https://japantech.info/events/connpass-404842/): Sun, August 30, 2026 13:00 JST, Haskell-jp Slack Workspace. An online Haskell coworking session: work on your own projects, then share results at the end. Drop in or out anytime.
- [How to Design Learning That Moves Students to Act](https://japantech.info/events/peatix-5082174/): Sun, August 30, 2026 14:00 JST, Tokyo Innovation Base 1F, 東京都千代田区丸の内3-8-3 (オンライン同時開催). A free session for junior high and high school teachers connecting inquiry, career and entrepreneurship education so students take action themselves.