As the number of foreign engineers increases, Japanese companies are also hiring more foreign engineers with an emphasis on diversity and internationalization. According to the “Status of Notification of Employment Status of Foreign Nationals” published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare through October 2022, there were 479,949 workers with resident status in professional and technical fields, an increase of approximately 85,000 from the 394,509 in the previous year. In this article, we introduce Japanese companies with a large number of foreign engineers!

Rakuten

Rakuten is a group company that provides services in 30 countries and regions around the world and owns companies in a wide range of industries, including e-commerce, finance and sports communications. It is the first Japanese company to make English an official language, and all employees are encouraged to learn English. According to the information published on Rakuten’s official website, about 20% of all employees and 50% of the Development Department are foreign nationals. This is an outstanding figure for Japanese companies, and shows that this is a very multinational environment.

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Mercari

Mercari is a flea market app company founded in 2013 with an emphasis on internationalization and diversity. We have been looking at global expansion since the beginning and have hired many foreign engineers. According to Mercari’s official website, Mercari’s Tokyo office has employees from about 40 countries. We also report to the engineering organization that develops the JP version of Mercari that the proportion of members from overseas has increased from about 15% to about 40%.

In addition, Mercari has a dedicated team dedicated to promoting Diversity & Inclusion (D & I), and to create an environment in which employees from diverse backgrounds can reach their potential and thrive, we offer unique training programs, including cross-cultural communication and unconscious bias training.

https://mercan.mercari.com/articles/18554/

https://careers.mercari.com/jp/support/

LINE

LINE is a Japanese social networking service with 95 million monthly users (as of the end of March 2023) in many countries and regions mainly in Asia. As with Mercari above, we employ many foreign engineers and enhance the quality of our products by having diverse perspectives. LINE Digital Frontier Co., Ltd., which operates LINE manga, says foreign nationals make up 10% of its employees, and employees from various countries of origin are enrolled.

https://www.gtalent.jp/blog/recruitment/company-interview-linedigitalfrontier

Fujitsu

Fujitsu (Fujitsu Limited) is an international information and communication technology (ICT) company based in Japan. Founded in 1935, it now offers a wide range of ICT products, services and solutions worldwide.

With an emphasis on diversity, we are hiring many foreign engineers needed in the fields of system integrators, AI and SaaS. According to Fujitsu’s internal data, compared to a total of 123,216 employees in the company for the fiscal year ended March 2022, the company had 18,842 employees from Asian countries, 2,575 from Oceania, 3,942 from the United States, and 22,012 from European, Middle Eastern and African countries.

https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/csr/esgdata/social/#a02

These are the Japanese companies that have a large number of foreign engineers. To be internationally competitive and with diverse perspectives, these companies continue to actively recruit foreign engineers. With the declining birthrate and aging population and the increasing demand for digital talent, it is expected that many companies will continue to hire foreign engineers.

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