It's not nearly as open as what you'd expect in other countries. The hacker community is really inward looking like Japan as a whole. You could check out, ON

It's not nearly as open as what you'd expect in other countries. The hacker community is really inward looking like Japan as a whole. You could check out, ON Lab. Hiro Maeda runs it and is a cool guy educated in the states. http://onlab.jp/ http://onlab.jp/