Anthropic launches its first Japan-wide online Claude Code hackathon with $50K in credits
ClaudeDevs · x · 2026-10-14
Anthropic and Cerebral Valley announced Built with Claude Code: Japan 2026, Anthropic's first fully online hackathon open across Japan, running Nov 2–10 with applications due Oct 26 (JST).
- 250 selected participants, teams up to 2, Japan residents only
- Each participant gets up to 5x Plan plus $500 in Claude API credits
- Winners share $50,000 (about ¥8M) in Claude API credits
- Two tracks: projects born from personal deep expertise, or solutions for shared Japanese challenges like aging society and labor shortage
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