Code with Claude London (May 19) and Tokyo (June 10): What to Know and Watch For

Anthropic’s Code with Claude conference went global this spring. After the San Francisco event on May 6, London is next on May 19 — followed by Tokyo on June 10. Both are free to attend in person (applications closed; selected by lottery in April) or via livestream from anywhere in the world. If you’re a developer building on Claude and didn’t get an in-person seat, the livestream is worth blocking time for. Here’s what we know about both events and why the Tokyo date in particular is worth paying attention to.

What Code with Claude Is

Code with Claude is Anthropic’s annual developer conference — a full day of hands-on technical workshops, live capability demos, and 1:1 office hours with the engineers who build Claude. It’s structured specifically for developers and founders who are building with the API, not for people who want marketing keynotes. The SF event on May 6 featured three parallel tracks: Research (direct access to Anthropic researchers on current and future model capabilities), Claude Platform (production agent deployment on Anthropic infrastructure), and Claude Code (running Claude Code at scale — long-horizon tasks, multi-repo work, parallel agents).

Confirmed speakers across the series: Ami Vora (CPO at Anthropic), Boris Cherny (Head of Claude Code), and Angela Jiang (Product Lead for the Claude API and SDKs). Partner presentations from GitHub, Vercel, and Datadog were part of the SF agenda and are likely to carry into London and Tokyo.

The Extended day format — May 20 for London, June 11 for Tokyo — is a separate event focused on independent developers and early-stage founders: builder deep-dives, laptops-open workshops from Anthropic’s Applied AI team.

What Came Out of San Francisco (May 6)

London and Tokyo attendees will be walking in with context from what Anthropic announced in SF. The major developments from May 6:

• Managed Agents public beta: Multiagent Orchestration and Outcomes moved to public beta. Multiple SF sessions were dedicated to Managed Agents, including “Get to Production 10x Faster with Claude Managed Agents” and a hands-on “Build a Production-Ready Agent” workshop.
• Dreaming (developer preview): Agents that review and reorganize their own session history between runs. Harvey (legal AI) reported roughly a 6× task completion rate increase after implementing it.
• SpaceX compute expansion: Doubled rate limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise; 1,500% input token increase and 900% output token increase for Tier 1 API customers; peak-hours throttling eliminated for Pro and Max.
• Claude Code v2.1.133: Subagent skill discovery fix (was silently broken), worktree base ref control, effort-level hooks.

London and Tokyo events will likely build on these — demonstrating Managed Agents and Claude Code in production contexts with the partner companies that attended SF.

London — May 19, 2026

London is Anthropic’s first Code with Claude event in Europe. The practical significance: for developers building in European markets, this is the first opportunity to engage directly with Anthropic’s engineering team rather than attending via livestream from across the Atlantic.

For teams working in regulated European industries — financial services, healthcare, legal — the Claude Platform and Research tracks are the most relevant. Anthropic’s Finance Agents suite (Moody’s integration, financial analysis and compliance tooling) and Claude Security Beta are recent launches that will likely feature in the sessions, given the financial services concentration in London.

The London timezone (BST, UTC+1) makes the livestream accessible for much of Europe, Africa, and Middle East without the early-morning constraint that the SF event imposed. Register at claude.com/code-with-claude/london.

What to Watch For at London

• Enterprise deployment patterns — London’s enterprise tech community is distinct from SF’s startup-heavy audience
• EU AI Act compliance framing — Anthropic’s approach to regulated market deployment
• MCP ecosystem sessions — the Model Context Protocol is increasingly central to how Claude connects to enterprise data sources
• Any Claude Code enterprise adoption data — the JetBrains 2026 developer survey showed significant Claude Code growth year-over-year; London sessions may provide more context

Tokyo — June 10, 2026

The Tokyo date is the strategically interesting one. Anthropic chose Japan as its first Asia-Pacific Code with Claude location at a moment when it has already made several Japan-specific moves: the NEC enterprise partnership (April 2026) and active engagement with Japan’s developer community. This is Anthropic positioning before competitors have fully embedded in the Japanese enterprise AI market.

Japan’s enterprise AI adoption pattern is different from the US. Large enterprises dominate, procurement cycles are longer, and partnerships with established technology companies (like NEC) carry more weight than direct developer adoption alone. Tokyo’s Code with Claude is as much about signaling enterprise commitment as it is about developer community building.

The Tokyo event is also relevant to Southeast Asia broadly — developers across the Asia-Pacific region can attend via livestream at a timezone that doesn’t require a middle-of-the-night session.

What to Watch For at Tokyo

• NEC partnership details — the most concrete Japan enterprise deployment announced so far
• Asia-Pacific pricing or access updates — Anthropic’s pricing in USD creates friction in markets like India and Japan where USD conversion plus local taxes creates meaningful access barriers
• Localization and multilingual Claude capability demos — Claude’s multilingual support is strong on paper; Tokyo is where it gets demonstrated to an audience that can evaluate it critically
• Any announcement of a dedicated Japan or APAC infrastructure presence

How to Attend Remotely

Both events are fully livestreamed at no cost. The livestream covers all three conference tracks. Recordings are published to Anthropic’s YouTube channel (the “Code w/ Claude Developer Conference” playlist) within 7–10 days of each event. If you’re watching recorded sessions rather than live, the Claude Code track tends to have the highest density of immediately applicable technical content.

For the London event: sessions run BST (UTC+1). For Tokyo: JST (UTC+9). Anthropic hasn’t published detailed schedules for London or Tokyo publicly yet — check claude.com/code-with-claude for updates as each event approaches.

Our Take

We watched the SF event closely and tracked what came out of it. The Managed Agents announcements were the most developer-relevant; the SpaceX rate limit news was the most immediately practical for anyone hitting API ceilings. Both London and Tokyo will be building on that foundation with an audience that has had two more weeks to actually use what Anthropic shipped in SF.

The office hours format is underrated. Getting 30 minutes with Boris Cherny’s team on a specific Claude Code workflow problem is worth more than three conference talks. If you’re attending in person or have specific implementation questions, that’s the format to prioritize.

For us, Tokyo is the event to watch for signals about where Anthropic’s international enterprise push is actually headed. The NEC partnership gave them a credible anchor. Code with Claude Tokyo is where they build on it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Code with Claude London free to attend?

Yes. Both in-person attendance and virtual livestream are free. In-person applications closed in April with selection by lottery. Livestream registration remains open at claude.com/code-with-claude/london.

Will Code with Claude Tokyo sessions be recorded?

Yes. All sessions from all three cities are published to Anthropic’s YouTube channel within approximately 7–10 days of each event. The “Code w/ Claude Developer Conference” playlist on Anthropic’s YouTube channel is the official home for recordings.

What tracks are available at London and Tokyo?

Based on the SF event structure, three parallel tracks: Research (model capabilities and direction), Claude Platform (production agent deployment), and Claude Code (scaling Claude Code in real engineering workflows). Specific session details for London and Tokyo haven’t been fully published; check claude.com/code-with-claude for the agenda as each event approaches.

What is the Extended day format?

The Extended day (May 20 for London, June 11 for Tokyo) is a separate event focused specifically on independent developers and early-stage founders — builder stories, hands-on workshops from Anthropic’s Applied AI team, and a more informal format than the main conference day.

Is Code with Claude relevant if I’m not using Claude Code specifically?

Yes. The Claude Platform track covers Managed Agents, MCP integrations, and production deployment patterns that apply to any team using the Claude API — not just Claude Code users. The Research track covers model capabilities and roadmap direction relevant to anyone building on Claude.