Finding a job in Japan

To aid in your search for the perfect job, Bignavi searches 14 of the top job sites in Japan.

Depending on your experience, there are a wide variety of interesting jobs available in Japan, particularly in Tokyo. A large number of foreigners working in Japan often start out as English Teachers but once they have some Japanese skill they change careers.

To start searching for jobs on Bignavi, click on the category of choice below

Accounting and Finance jobs
Administrative jobs
Advertising/Publishing
Agriculture
Automotive jobs
Arts, Entertainment, Media
Bank, Insurance, Security
Building, Construction jobs
Call center, telemarketing
Consulting jobs
Creative (game, video, audio)
Creative (internet related)
Data entry, clerical
Design, Architecture
Electrical, Mechanical
Engineering, Semiconductor
Entry level
Executive, General Management
General affairs, HR, legal, patent
Government, public organizations
Health, nursing
Human resources
Interpretation, Translation
Hospitality, leisure
International jobs
IT-All
IT-Mainframe
IT-Hardware, Network
IT (other)
Legal
Logistics, Retail
Manufacturing, operations
Marketing, Advertising, PR
Mechatronics
Medical, Pharmaceutical
Non-profit
Product control
Teaching, Education, Training
Real Estate
Restaurant, Food service
Retail, Fashion
Sales, marketing
Sales (other)
Software, info processing
Other job type

Popularity: 5% [?]

Finding a job in Japan click here to start searching

Bignavi searches 14 of the top job sites in Japan. A large number of foreigners working in Japan often start out as English Teachers but once they have some Japanese skill they change careers.

Click on a category below to start searching.

Accounting and Finance jobs
Administrative jobs
Advertising/Publishing
Agriculture jobs
Automotive jobs
Arts, Entertainment, Media jobs
Bank, Insurance, Security jobs
Building, Construction jobs
Call center, Telemarketing
Consulting jobs
Creative (game, video, audio)
Creative (internet related)
Data entry, clerical
Design, Architecture
Electrical, Mechanical
Engineering, Semiconductor
Entry level

Popularity: 1% [?]

JapanEnglishTeacher.com

JapanEnglishTeacher.com is a site solely focused on providing information on English Teaching jobs in Japan. There only appears to be about 9 jobs on offer at the time of writing this article; Berlitz also advertises some jobs, but most of the ads are from small English schools.

For an employer to post a job add it costs 2,000 yen per job ad.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Kimi Information Center

Address: Oscar Bldg. 8F, 2-42-3 Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03 3986-1604

The website posts job opportunities for language teaching (not only English). (more…)

Popularity: 3% [?]

Tokyoartbeat.com

Company name: Gadago NPO
Address: Co-lab 5F, 28-7 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0075
Tel: 050 5528-7849 (more…)

Popularity: 2% [?]

Eltnews.com

Tel: 03 3770-8100
Address: Hiro Daikanyama Building 3F, 1-17-10 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021 (more…)

Popularity: 2% [?]

Seekjapan.joblet.jp

Seekjapan is a general information portal on Japan, with classifieds and directory guide sections. The job listings are a little anemic, with most of those listed being for English teaching. (more…)

Popularity: 2% [?]

Site name: Jobseekjapan.com
Tel: 03 5730-2766

This job site focuses on IT, teaching and entertainment jobs. For free, users can create job postings and job seekers can register and post their resume online.

To ensure their postings are up to date, jobs older than 60 days are automatically removed from the listings and sent to a queue for review.

Popularity: 2% [?]

CareerForum.net

Company name: Disco International, Inc. (Development of Information Services for Career Opportunities)
Tel: 1-212-382-0025 (more…)

Popularity: 2% [?]

Headhunter.jp

Company name: JCI / Headhunter Japan
Tel: 03 6418-5311
Address: K’s Nishiazabu Bldg. 4F, 2-13-6 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031

AEC Japan was founded nine years ago by Ramin Ojani and Rambo Halpern who previously worked at a mid-sized Japanese outsourcing and IT firm before jointly starting the company. (more…)

Popularity: 2% [?]