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)
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.
| Alexion |
| 【Alexion Japan】Associate director, Market Access & Healthcare Policy | Alexion |
| 【東京・丸の内】医薬品 品質保証担当者（スタッフクラス） | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【群馬】医薬品 工場電気設備担当 | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【東京】情報システム部_情報セキュリティ担当（リーダー候補） | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【群馬】医薬品 工場品質管理職 | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【東京・丸の内】医薬品 品質保証担当者（管理職候補） | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【東京】医薬品_研究職（注射剤の製剤設計業務） | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【東京】情報システム部_情報セキュリティ・技術担当（スタッフクラス） | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【群馬】医薬品 工場品質保証職 | Nippon Kayaku |
| 【東京】（東証プライム上場/総合化学メーカー）企業法務 | Nippon Kayaku |
| MR(仙台) | Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries |
| MR(札幌) | Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries |
| MR職(東京) | Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries |
| Senior Research Associate | Astellas Pharma |
| Communications Business Partner | Astellas Pharma |
| 【焼津】Scientist, Drug Product Analytical Development, Analytical Research Labs at Astellas Pharma Inc. | Astellas Pharma |
| 抗体製造職 / Associate or Sr,Associate, Biopharma Manufacturing | Astellas Pharma |
| 【つくば】分析開発サイエンティスト・外部製造技術統括（SME） | Astellas Pharma |
| 【経営基幹職・つくば】 AI・デジタルソリューションリード（技術統合研究所）/AI・Digital Solution Lead, Technology Scouting & Integration Labs | Astellas Pharma |
| 【焼津・つくば】医薬品包装・デバイス開発担当_Packaging & Device Development Scientist | Astellas Pharma |
| 【富山】Specialist, Toyama QA, Biopharma QA | Astellas Pharma |
¥8M–9.9M
65
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 2 | 2.2 |
| 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 1,413 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 958 of 1,419 active postings