🗼 Tokyo, Japan Events: August 16–August 21, 2026
Upcoming events · August 16 – August 21, 2026
Hey Tokyo! Here's your weekly guide to the best events happening in and around Tokyo — live music, tech meetups, cultural experiences, and more.
READING LIST / TOKYO
AI Ethics
Tokyo's metropolitan AI guidelines give public servants practical direction for adopting AI across agencies and engaging diverse stakeholders. Consider how human responsibility, privacy, explainability, and access for residents using different languages carry through from policy to deployment.
- Tokyo AI Adoption and Use Guidelines / Tokyo Metropolitan Government · Bureau of Digital Services
The metropolitan framework covers appropriate AI adoption in government and engagement with diverse stakeholders.
- AI Ethics / Mark Coeckelbergh · MIT Press
An accessible introduction to accountability, values, and the social effects of AI beyond technology hype.
Upcoming events
Community spotlight
Second Harvest Japan
Japan’s largest food bank — collecting surplus food from manufacturers and retailers and redistributing to families, children’s homes, and disaster relief across Japan. Volunteers welcome.
Business spotlight
Tsukiji Outer Market
Tokyo's world-famous seafood and street food market — the best morning tuna sashimi in the world, open to all.
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