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.
| Astellas Pharma |
| 【AstraZeneca】Director Oncology Corporate Affairs | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】Senior Director Corporate Communication | AstraZeneca |
| Japan Finance Solution Director, Takeda Business Solutions(TBS), Japan | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Sourcing Specialist, TBS Procurement Solutions / TBS プロキュアメントソリューションズ ソーシングスペシャリスト | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Senior Manager, CMC Regulatory (CMC Senior Expert, CMC Regulatory) | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Manager-Alliance | Amgen |
| Process Lead, FP&A COE | Astellas Pharma |
| 【Alexion Japan】Associate Director, ATTR Marketing | Alexion |
| HVAC and Utility Engineer, Koriyama Factory | Novo Nordisk |
| Warehouse and Intralogistics Engineer, Koriyama Factory | Novo Nordisk |
| HVAC and Utility Engineer, Koriyama Factory | Novo Nordisk |
| Warehouse and Intralogistics Engineer, Koriyama Factory | Novo Nordisk |
| 【Alexion Japan】Associate Director, ATTR Marketing | AstraZeneca |
| [Japan] 医療機器品質保証チーム スペシャリスト | Santen |
| MR ONC / Biopharma(Iwate） | Merck KGaA |
| Global Project Lead/Customer Service | Johnson & Johnson |
| Manager, Process Lab (Hikari Plant) / 課長代理, プロセスラボグループ (光工場) | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Specialist Payroll | CSL Behring |
| Associate Director, Data & AI Solutions | Gilead Sciences |
| Specialist, Clinical Logistics | Gilead Sciences |
| 【MR】営業職・医薬情報担当者 | Sawai Pharmaceutical |
¥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