Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,432 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
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60 companies with 1,432 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,432 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 46 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 273 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.
116 roles were added in the past 14 days: Bristol Myers Squibb added 13 roles in Tokyo, AbbVie added 12 roles in Tokyo, while Merck KGaA added 9 roles in Tokyo.
Additions in the past 14 days from the 35 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 3, 2026 · tracked daily since August 1, 2026
Pharmaceutical · 322 postings with comparable stated pay, from 14 employers
median ¥7,500,000 · 322 postings
¥5,400,000
Typical advertised range
¥10,000,000
Postings by Advertised Range
Under ¥4M
2
¥4M–5.9M
49
¥6M–7.9M
143
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)
5%
No mention
83%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
7%
Share of postings stating each term
University degree
21%
5-9 years of experience
21%
3-4 years of experience
19%
Management experience
12%
Master's degree
10%
Share of classified postings
No English requirement stated
28%
No English required
0%
Some English (reading, email, occasional meetings)
30%
Daily business English (speaking, presenting)
36%
Not determinable
5%
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.
| Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Senior Manager＿Corporate Affairs | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Associate Director, IT Business Analysis - CRM Solutions | Gilead Sciences |
| Supply Chain Operations Lead（サプライチェーン・オペレーション・リード） | Roche Diagnostics |
| FP&A Lead / Profit & Performance Promotion | Roche Diagnostics |
| Corporate Communications Manager | Novartis |
| Field Marketing (Pet Health) | Elanco |
| （石岡センター）総務職 | Tsumura |
| 特約店担当者【全国（希望考慮）】 | Sumitomo Pharma |
| Brand Manager, Oncology (Solid Tumor) | GSK |
| [Pfizer] Senior Manager for Policy | Pfizer |
| Analyst,Sales–MR | Johnson & Johnson |
| DSHQ Regulated Implementation Services Lead（英語CV必須） | Daiichi Sankyo |
| DSHQ IT System Owner（英語CV必須） | Daiichi Sankyo |
| MR | Nobelpharma |
| Head of Regulatory Affairs Group 1（開発薬事）_ Biopharma | Merck KGaA |
| MSL Rare Tumor_BioPharma | Merck KGaA |
| Brand Manager | Elanco |
| Pharmacovigilance Scientist | Astellas Pharma |
| シニアリーガルカウンセル / Senior Legal Counsel - Japan | AbbVie |
| Project Manager, R&D | AbbVie |
¥8M–9.9M
66
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 1.9 | 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 | 22% | 44% |
| Median advertised salary | ¥7,500,000 | ¥7,500,000 |
| Classified postings requiring English (E1 or above) | 71% | 35% |
| Classified postings needing daily English (E3 or above) | 40% | 15% |
| Management-level titles | 26% | 14% |
Counts are per-employer averages; shares are across all live postings on October 2, 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 1,428 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
14%
PowerPoint
8%
Share of classified postings
Industry switchers welcome
1%
Clinical background accepted
1%
Function switchers welcome
0%
Classified from the text of 1,237 of 1,432 active postings