Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,414 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
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Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,414 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,414 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
EPS Corporation posts the most Clinical Research roles here: 18 of 44 across 17 employers, ahead of PSI CRO (4).
38% of classified postings ask for daily spoken English or more, against 15% across all tracked postings.
Postings here state remote or hybrid work in 16% of cases, against 27% across all tracked postings.
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Among 259 roles added in the past 30 days by 58 employers tracked for at least 30 days, Medical Affairs is 14% of additions against 7% of the standing stock.
48 live postings have changed their advertised salary since tracking began, 15% of those stating pay.
115 roles were added in the past 14 days: AbbVie added 15 roles in Tokyo, Bristol Myers Squibb added 11 roles, while Merck KGaA added 9 roles in Tokyo.
Additions in the past 14 days from the 34 companies tracked for at least three weeks, so a newly added company cannot read as a hiring surge.
Daily total across the 51 companies tracked through the whole period. Companies added mid-period are excluded until the window catches up to them. As of October 4, 2026 · tracked daily since August 1, 2026
Pharmaceutical · 318 postings with comparable stated pay, from 14 employers
median ¥7,500,000 · 318 postings
¥5,400,000
Typical advertised range
¥10,000,000
Postings by Advertised Range
Under ¥4M
2
¥4M–5.9M
49
¥6M–7.9M
140
How hiring on this page compares with its wider market, on the same measures.
Compared with every employer in the directory (1,170 companies).
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
12%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
4%
No mention
83%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
7%
Share of postings stating each term
5-9 years of experience
21%
University degree
21%
3-4 years of experience
19%
Management experience
12%
Master's degree
11%
Share of classified postings
No English requirement stated
28%
No English required
0%
Some English (reading, email, occasional meetings)
29%
Daily business English (speaking, presenting)
36%
Not determinable
6%
Counts on this page come from AirTA's own daily checks of each company's careers page. When a number cannot be measured reliably, it is hidden rather than estimated. Industry describes the company, not the individual role, so an employer with several businesses appears under each industry it operates in. Report a data issue.
| Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 統計プログラミング及び申請電子データ作成担当者 / Lead Programmer/eData Submission Lead | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| タンパク質科学・立体構造解析（X線/cryo-EM/NMR）の専門性を有する研究員 / Research Scientist - Protein Science/3D Structure Analysis (X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-EM, NMR) | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| ラボオートメーションエンジニア / Data Engineer for Laboratory Automation | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 低中分子医薬品のプレフォーミュレーション研究者 / Preformulation, Formulation, or analytical scientist for small/middle molecule drugs. | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 創薬研究ラボオートメーションスペシャリスト / Laboratory Automation Specialist for Drug Discovery Research | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 創薬テーマの非臨床DMPKリーダー / Functional leader of non-clinical DMPK, dealing with drug discovery themes | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 調達担当（ソーシング担当者）（ラボ系設備投資・試薬消耗品等） / Procurement (Sourcing) (Capital Investment)(Laboratory equipment investment, reagent consumables, etc.) | Chugai Pharmaceutical |
| 品質管理職/九州本社（鳥栖工場） | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical |
| 企業法務 | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical |
| 分析研究（グローバル開発） | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical |
| 分析研究（原薬分析） | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical |
| 品質保証職/宇都宮工場 | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical |
| 鈴鹿工場 製造オペレーター | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 医薬品の生産技術職（製剤技術） | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 分析開発研究職 | Sumitomo Pharma |
| ビジネスアプリケーション担当スタッフ | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 医薬品原薬のプロセス化学研究職 | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 薬物動態研究職 | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 鈴鹿工場 製造部（管理職候補） | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 大分工場での原薬および製剤の品質保証業務 | Sumitomo Pharma |
| 医薬品工場における人事総務担当（採用・労務管理・人材育成） | Sumitomo Pharma |
¥8M–9.9M
65
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 2 | 2.3 |
| Median days a role stays open | Too few roles have closed yet to measure how long they stay open. | ||
| Postings stating a salary | 22% | 44% |
| Median advertised salary | ¥7,500,000 | ¥7,500,000 |
| Classified postings requiring English (E1 or above) | 70% | 35% |
| Classified postings needing daily English (E3 or above) | 39% | 14% |
| Management-level titles | 26% | 13% |
Counts are per-employer averages; shares are across all live postings on October 3, 2026. English rows use the English-level classification (a subset of postings), so they differ from the share of postings mentioning English in the Market Snapshot. A row is hidden when either side has too few postings to compare fairly.
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
19%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
9%
Mentioned, level not specified
12%
No mention
53%
Parsed from 1,413 live postings with readable descriptions. A posting can state both languages.
10+ years of experience
6%
1-2 years of experience
6%
Same-industry experience
5%
Share of postings stating each term
Stakeholder Management
28%
Project Management
25%
Data Analysis
15%
Excel
15%
PowerPoint
8%
Share of classified postings
Industry switchers welcome
1%
Clinical background accepted
0%
Function switchers welcome
0%
Classified from the text of 970 of 1,414 active postings