Of course there is! After all, the majority of Japanese developers don't speak English. There's also a lot of offline activity: meetups, study groups and (less

Of course there is! After all, the majority of Japanese developers don't speak English. There's also a lot of offline activity: meetups, study groups and (less commonly) hackathons. For example, look at JAWS-UG (Japan AWS User Group)'s schedule: http://jaws-ug.jp/ http://jaws-ug.jp/