Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,419 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 1,419 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,419 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 15% of cases, against 27% across all tracked postings.
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Among 253 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.
121 roles were added in the past 14 days: AbbVie added 15 roles in Tokyo, Bristol Myers Squibb added 11 roles, while Johnson & Johnson added 10 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 5, 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 (1,183 companies).
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
13%
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
University degree
22%
5-9 years of experience
22%
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.
| CMCプロジェクトマネージャー | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| 解析担当者 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| 注射剤の製剤開発研究職 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| CMC薬事 CMC関連海外薬事担当者 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| GQP省令業務担当者等 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| CMC薬事 CTD作成担当者 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| バイオ医薬品（原薬）のプロセス研究職 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| 製剤生産技術担当者 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| 経口剤の処方設計及び製法開発リーダー | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| 抗体工学＆薬理研究者 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| バイオ医薬品（原薬／製剤）の分析研究職 | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| がん領域、免疫・アレルギー領域等における臨床開発のプロダクトリーダー（PL） | Taiho Pharmaceutical |
| Associate Scientific Fellow, Oral Drug Product, Pharmaceutical Science, R&D | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Senior Counsel, International Employment | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| [Japan] ブランドマーケティング＆ストラテジーチーム チームマネージャー | Santen |
| Affiliate Financial Controller, Japan | Astellas Pharma |
| 【AstraZeneca】【R&D】Hematology & Early Dev Oncology TA VP | AstraZeneca |
| 取締役会やグループ経営会議の事務局、コーポレートガバナンス関連業務 | Tsumura |
| 法務職/企業内弁護士 管理職採用（本社） | Tsumura |
| ※製造設備導入・技術移転・バリデーションを担う中核ポジション | Tsumura |
| 人事職 | Tsumura |
¥8M–9.9M
65
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 2 | 2.2 |
| Median days a role stays open | Too few roles have closed yet to measure how long they stay open. | ||
| Postings stating a salary | 23% | 45% |
| Median advertised salary | ¥7,500,000 | ¥7,500,000 |
| Classified postings requiring English (E1 or above) | 69% | 34% |
| Classified postings needing daily English (E3 or above) | 38% | 14% |
| Management-level titles | 26% | 13% |
Counts are per-employer averages; shares are across all live postings on October 4, 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 1,427 live postings with readable descriptions. A posting can state both languages.
1-2 years of experience
6%
10+ 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 958 of 1,419 active postings