Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,428 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 1,428 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,428 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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48 live postings have changed their advertised salary since tracking began, 15% of those stating pay.
127 roles were added in the past 14 days: AbbVie added 15 roles in Tokyo, Bristol Myers Squibb added 11 roles, while Merck KGaA added 11 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
29%
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.
| Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Operator, Sterile Manufacturing, Hikari Site / 光工場 注射剤製造担当者 | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| HR Partner 光工場 | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Director, Automation Lead (Labs of Tomorrow) - Takeda Shonan (TSHO) | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Principal Scientist, Parenteral DP, Drug Product and Device Development | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Specialist, Manufacturing Technology, Sterile Manufacturing, Hikari Site / 光工場注射剤製造部 製造技術担当 スペシャリスト | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| ジャパンファーマビジネスユニット（JPBU）第二事業部 営業本部 医薬情報担当者（MR）（課長代理～一般社員） | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Operator, Plasma Manufacturing, Narita Site / 成田工場 血漿分画製剤 製造担当者 注射剤検査包装工程オペレーター | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| MSL, Japan Medical Affairs, Japan Oncology Business Unit / 日本オンコロジー事業部 メディカルアフェアーズ部 メディカルサイエンスリエゾン | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| 光工場 化学プロセス／生産技術・設備設計エンジニア （課長代理） | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Associate Scientist, Analytical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Operational Excellence Lead, Narita Site | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Senior Validation SME, Commissioning & Qualification Manager or Specialist, Engineering, Hikari Site / 光工場 エンジニアリング部 シニアバリデーションエンジニア、コミッショニング＆クオリフィケーション担当 | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Automation and Operational Technology Support Technician / オートメーション OTサポート テクニシャン | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Operator, Plasma Manufacturing, Narita Site / 成田工場 血漿分画製剤 製造担当者 | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Specialist, Vaccine Drug Substance Manufacturing/ ワクチン原薬製造担当者 (正社員） | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Senior Director, Global Medicinal Chemistry (Shonan, Japan) | Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Clinical Pathway Capability Specialist | Mundipharma |
| Key Account Manager (KAM), Tokyo 23 Wards North | Mundipharma |
| Senior Research Associate, Analytical Development | Moderna |
| [R&D] Clinical Development Medical, Associate Director, Research and Development - Vaccines | Pfizer |
| [JDSU] 医薬品安全性統括部 ケースマネジメントチーム（一般社員） （Staff, Case Management, Japan Drug Safety Unit） | Pfizer |
¥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 949 of 1,428 active postings