Are you looking for a new job in Japan or searching for exciting career opportunities at startups, SMEs, or larger global brands recruiting in Japan? With over 800 job boards and career sites registered in Japan, picking the right job site can seem like a challenging task. Many job sites focus on different industries, locations or job categories so it may take you some time to find the right platform to help you with your job search in Japan.

Here is a comprehensive list of the best job boards in Japan to access jobs in Japan, as well as career opportunities at global companies with operations in Japan (known as Gaishikei 外資系). Whether you're a student, a recent graduate, or a mid-career professional seeking new challenges, these job boards can help you take the next step in your career and connect with exciting businesses and employers of choice in Japan.

So, let's dive in and explore the best job sites to support your job search process in Japan (listed below in alphabetical order)!

FOR BILINGUAL TALENT 🇯🇵🇺🇸
The following sites are the most popular sites to attract bilingual professionals in Japan. Their website offers a bilingual interface making it easy for both job seekers and employers to use.

- Careercross
- Career Forum (CFN | by DISCO Inc.)
- Daijob
- HirePlanner
- LinkedIn

FOR FOREIGNERS (NON JAPANESE SPEAKERS) 🇺🇸
The following job sites focus on job opportunities for foreigners seeking a career in Japan without the need of Japanese communication skills.

- GaijinPot
- JapanDev
- Jobs in Japan
- TokyoDev
- Yolo Japan

FOR JAPANESE SPEAKERS 🇯🇵
The following job sites focus on job opportunities for Japanese native speakers interested in join essentially domestic Japanese companies (for the most part). Their website is available in Japanese only.

- Biz reach
- Doda
- ENjapan
- Green
- @Type
- Indeed
- MyNavi
- Wantedly

The following sites are the most popular sites to attract bilingual professionals in Japan. Their website offers a bilingual interface making it easy for both job seekers and employers to navigate.

https://www.careercross.com

CareerCross is an online job advertising website created and maintained by C.C. Consulting Co. Ltd. It is a place where advertisers can post jobs and look for candidates. Candidates can also post their resume and apply for those jobs. CareerCross caters mid-career professionals to the bilingual and multilingual market.

https://careerforum.net/
CFN is the official website for [Career Forum], job fair for Japanese-English bilinguals (Boston Career Forum). This website is run by Disco Inc. and offers entry level opportunities essentially for new graduates with bilingual skills.

https://www.daijob.com

Daijob.com, launched back in 1998, is a jobsite for English and Japanese bilingual professionals looking for jobs in Japan. Managed by produced by Human Global Talent Co., Ltd., the website offers a wide range of career opportunities at global brands recruiting in Japan. It is a good platform for foreigners looking to work in Japan.

https://www.hireplanner.com/

🧑🏻‍💻 FOR JOB SEEKERS: 

HirePlanner.com is the most advanced yet user-friendly job search platform currently available in Japan. It offers job seekers access to a wide range of career opportunities from innovative international companies (Gaishikei) of all sizes, including start-ups, SMEs, and larger established global brands. Their job site is available in both English and Japanese, making it accessible to bilingual job seekers of all backgrounds.

In addition to their comprehensive job listings, HirePlanner.com provides practical information, online career event schedules, and career tips and guidance to help job seekers grow their careers in Japan. With its user-friendly interface and valuable resources, HirePlanner.com is the ultimate job searching tool for anyone (Entry Level or Mid-Career level) looking to find their next career opportunity in the following fields:
- IT, Tech, Software and Dev Jobs
- Sales Jobs
- Marketing Jobs,
- HR Jobs,
- Finance Jobs,
- New Graduates and Entry Level jobs or Internships.

👔  FOR EMPLOYERS: ONE STOP SOLUTION FOR RECRUITING IN JAPAN 

HirePlanner.com is also very popular within the HR and Corporate Recruiters community because its platform is the only job advertising site which includes a full Employer Branding solution set of tools and Application Tracking System features necessary to simplify, automate and optimize your hiring process in Japan.
With HirePlanner.com, you can not only advertise your job postings on multiple Japanese job boards (e.g.: Linkedin Japan, Indeed Japan, Recruit.net and more...), promote your corporate events and employer branding video content, collaborate with top agency search firms in Japan, automate your interview scheduling process and much more.

HirePlanner platform and customer service is available in 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇺🇸 English and 🇫🇷 French.

https://www.linkedin.com

LinkedIn Job Board is a professional networking website that provides job listings and career resources for professionals in Japan. While LinkedIn is not always as popular as some other local job board, its number of registered users continues to grow gradually each year and it remains especially popular for the bilingual talent community and professionals looking for jobs in Japan. 

The following job sites focus on job opportunities for foreigners seeking a career in Japan.

Gaijin Pot is an English job board for foreigners in Japan. Similar to https://jobsinjapan.com/, this website is especially focused in the education and academic sector (Teaching Jobs) and does not require Japanese communication skills. 

https://japan-dev.com/

Japan Dev is a job board that showcases tech jobs in Japan — mostly for software engineers and programmers.

You'll find hand curated tech jobs at modern companies that are hiring right now. In addition to software dev jobs, we also post positions for designers, product managers and anyone else that works directly with a dev team. Their job posts are curated (by humans!) for foreigners in Japan, with a focus on remote work, visa sponsorship, salary, language requirements and diversity.

They are quite selective and only post vetted positions that offer a great environment for foreign software developers and tech professionals — and in fact, they turn away most companies that ask to post jobs on Japan Dev.

https://jobsinjapan.com/

Since 1998, Jobsinjapan.com has been a key resource for the foreign community in Japan and people overseas interested in living and working in Japan. JobsinJapan.com connects tens of thousands of foreign job seekers with employment opportunities in multiple industries and job functions including teaching, hospitality, information technology, manufacturing, service industry and more.

Jobsinjapan.com takes a holistic approach to hiring needs that combines job listings, pre-recorded video interviews, searchable resume database, active applicant screening tools, proprietary AI, top-ranked SEO along with exposure via our vast social media network to maximize exposure allowing candidates to get the best results.

https://www.tokyodev.com/

Since 2011, TokyoDev has been helping international software developers start and grow their career in Japan. They do this through a job board with positions for English speakers, articles about finding a job here, a community to discuss life as a developer in Japan, telling the stories of international developers working here, and conducting an annual survey of international developers living in Japan. 

This website is a great resources for IT talent and software professionals looking for tech jobs in Japan.

https://www.yolo-japan.com

YOLO JAPAN is a "job search site for foreign nationals" which offers support to foreign nationals who want to find part-time jobs in Japan. Many of the jobs listed on this platform do not require Japanese communication skills.

The following job sites focus on job opportunities for Japanese native speakers interested in join domestic Japanese companies (for the most part). Their websites and customer support are available in Japanese ONLY.

https://doda.jp/

https://employment.en-japan.com/

https://www.green-japan.com

https://type.jp/

https://jp.indeed.com

https://www.wantedly.com

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