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Top companies in Japan

Robotics, gaming, and a slowly opening enterprise software market.

Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in Japan. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Fujitsu· Japan
    • 59.7k employees
    • Founded 1935
  2. 2
    NTT DATA, Inc.· Greater Tokyo Area
    • 59.5k employees
    • Founded 2019
  3. 3
    Nissan Motor Corporation· Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 46.7k employees
    • Founded 1933
  4. 4
    NTT DATA· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 46.3k employees
    • Founded 1990
  5. 5
    Hitachi· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 39.7k employees
    • Founded 1910
  6. 6
    Takeda· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 37.2k employees
  7. 7
    Toyota Motor Corporation
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 36.8k employees
    • Founded 1937
  8. 8
    Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT)· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 32.3k employees
    • Founded 1985
  9. 9
    Panasonic· Kadoma, Osaka, Japan
    • 30.1k employees
    • Founded 1918
  10. 10
    Sony· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 23.7k employees
    • Founded 1946
  11. 11
    Honda· Minato, Tokyo, Japan
    • 23.5k employees
    • Founded 1948
  12. 12
    MUFG· Oshima, Tokyo, Japan
    • 23.1k employees
    • Founded 2006
  13. 13
    dentsu· Greater Tokyo Area
    • 19.1k employees
    • Founded 2001
  14. 14
    UNIQLO· Greater Tokyo Area
    • 18.8k employees
    • Founded 1984
  15. 15
    Marelli· Saitama, Saitama, Japan
    • Debt
    • 18.3k employees
    • Founded 2019
  16. 16
    NEC Corporation· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 17.9k employees
  17. 17
    Tokio Marine Group· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 16.5k employees
  18. 18
    Nomura· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 16.2k employees
    • Founded 1925
  19. 19
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries· Oshima, Tokyo, Japan
    • 15.4k employees
  20. 20
    SMBC Group· Greater Tokyo Area
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 15k employees
    • Founded 2002
  21. 21
    Mizuho· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 14.7k employees
  22. 22
    Olympus Corporation· Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • 13.6k employees
    • Founded 1919
  23. 23
    TDK· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • 12.7k employees
    • Founded 1935
  24. 24
    Yamaha Corporation· Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
    • 12.6k employees
  25. 25
    Yusen Logistics· Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Angel
    • 12.5k employees
    • Founded 1955

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Japan is one of the densest markets for technology talent in the world. The list above ranks the largest companies headquartered in Japan by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 6,336 matching companies in our index, the depth of engineers, designers, product managers, and founders is broad across stages and industries.

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Refolk pulled the largest companies headquartered in Japan from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 25 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 06:47:52 GMT

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