Tech Brunch Event
Small early-morning brunch in Iidabashi on NLP: math foundations, prompt engineering, libraries and lessons from real projects.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
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Mon, October 5, 2026
5events
Japanese-Hungarian Biotech Business Seminar
Hungarian biotech firms pitch to Japanese investors and corporates at TIB, with B2B matchmaking and a networking reception.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
"If We Were Starting a Business from Zero Today" [DeNA FOUNDERS LOUNGE vol.1] [by DeNA]
Two DeNA division heads discuss how they would build a business from zero today, followed by networking (Shibuya, free, approval required).
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
VS Code Monthly Update September 2026
VS Code Meetup members demo the September 2026 VS Code release notes hands-on in a YouTube Live stream.
Online · JA
Sendagaya.rb #541
Online session of a west-Tokyo Rubyist community: Ruby and Rails topics and dev questions, chosen on the spot by attendees.
Online · JA
Tue, October 6, 2026
6events
Tech Brunch Event
Small early-morning brunch meetup in Iidabashi for engineers and tech people to network and talk about current tech trends.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Shift-Left Development Approaches in the AI Era
Online CircleCI session on shift-left development approaches in the AI era.
Online · JA
TU Darmstadt & RIKEN-AIP Joint Workshop
Online joint workshop of RIKEN-AIP and TU Darmstadt's UKP Lab with research talks on LLM interpretability, AI oversight, agents and ML.
Online · EN
The Human Signal: Founder-Led Cross-Border Sales
Workshop and panel at TIB on founder-led cross-border sales, trust and communication across Japan, the UK and global markets.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
What civic techies from Japan, Taiwan and Korea discussed at a hackathon | FtO 2026 Seoul report session
Online report session from attendees of Facing the Ocean 2026 in Seoul, the Japan-Taiwan-Korea civic-tech hackathon.
Online · JA
Weekly Tuesday Meetup
Weekly Tuesday open house at Tokyo HackerSpace's new Akasaka space: drop in, meet the makers, and see the tools.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Wed, October 7, 2026
7events
Tech Brunch Event
Small early-morning brunch in Iidabashi for founders and makers to swap strategies and stories on winning their first users.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Women Leaders TIB Lounge
Women-only roundtable with vet-turned-founder Mai Shono of Nekohana on turning expertise and passion into a business.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Snack and Connect
Weekly open-door networking at Shibuya Startup Support's members-only Bridge office, with snacks and no registration.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
TokyoDev Talks Vol. 14: Open Source Resilience / Zero Trust Network Access
Talks on treating open source as business infrastructure and on Zero Trust Network Access, plus networking at TiB.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Tokyo | Claude Code Meetup
First meetup of a new Tokyo community sharing practical lessons on teams of people and AI shipping products with Claude Code.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Spectrum Tokyo Meetup #26
Spectrum Tokyo's 26th meetup: bilingual Japanese/English lightning talks on the design work people are doing now, plus mingling in Akasaka.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
THS "Nihongo Night" Open House
Tokyo HackerSpace's Japanese-language open house: drop by the Akasaka space to meet members and see the tools and projects.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Thu, October 8, 2026
8events
Tech Brunch Event
Small early-morning brunch in Iidabashi where functional programmers share projects through lightning talks and live demos.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
[106th TrustML Young Scientist Seminar] Talk by Wen-Bo Du (Nanjing University) "Non-Parametric Rehearsal Learning via Conditional Mean Embeddings"
Online RIKEN AIP seminar: Wen-Bo Du (Nanjing University) on non-parametric rehearsal learning with conditional mean embeddings.
Online · EN
🇯🇵🇺🇸Antler Japan - JPN7 Residency Program | Ask-Me-Anything WEBINAR Info Session (JP/EN Simultaneous)
A lunchtime online AMA on Antler Japan's JPN7 Residency: program overview, who joins, and live Q&A in Japanese and English.
Online · JA/EN
Black Belt Global Venture Studio Demo Day 2026: How to Assess the Potential of Early-Stage Startups
BBV demo day: a panel on founding teams and early-stage success, then 12 startups pitch to investors. English/Japanese mix.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
[Pitch & Business Matching] Fukushima Innovation Coast – Deep Tech Challenge – Vol.1: The Frontline of Innovation, from Fukushima
Six deep tech startups developing products in Fukushima pitch, followed by business matching with corporates, VCs and CVCs.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Tokyo 9 at Sakura Deeptech Shibuya
Up to five startups pitch for VC feedback at the ninth Tokyo Entrepreneurs Roundtable, with Remarkable Ventures and SMBC at Sakura Deeptech Shibuya.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Japanese Coffee Chat for Engineers ☕
A small-group Japanese-language coffee chat for software engineers only, 4 to 6 people, near Shibuya Station.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Workshop: Building an AI Personal Assistant for Everyday Work
Free online workshop on briefing an AI assistant and using it for meeting follow-ups, weekly planning and other routine work.
Online · JA
Fri, October 9, 2026
3events
NAGOYA CONNÉCT #129
Venture Café's monthly Nagoya evening at Nagono Campus, with sessions and networking for founders, researchers, and ecosystem supporters.
Hybrid · Chubu · JA/EN
TIB CATAPULT Cross-Cluster Pitch: Clusters from Different Fields Team Up to Create New Businesses
Robotics, manufacturing and logistics startups pitch to corporates at a joint event of three TIB CATAPULT clusters.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Digital Nomads Lounge Night in Shinjuku
An evening social for digital nomads, expats and internationally minded locals at Hmlet's Shinjuku lounge and garden.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Sat, October 10, 2026
2events
[97th] Let's Translate MDN Together! Monthly Translation Community Meetup
Monthly online meetup to translate MDN Web Docs into Japanese over Slack. Beginners welcome; experienced members help with the GitHub workflow.
Online · JA
"Look What AI Can Do!" Turning Ideas into Products with Yuki-sensei Workshop | OrbsCafe #25
Hands-on workshop with Yuki-sensei: build a product from your idea with ChatGPT, publish it, and optionally submit it to a hackathon.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
