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Top financial services employers in Japan

MUFG leads Japanese financial services with a Visibility score of 79.5 out of 100, 2.6 points ahead of Mizuho Financial Group. Nomura is third. The list covers the 64 financial services employers AI recommends to job seekers in Japan.

64 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    MUFG

    #1 in Japanese financial services#1 for Data & Analytics#1 for Operations#1 for Risk & Compliance

    Every AI recommends it for purpose, inclusion and innovation, among others. The financial services employer AI recommends most in Japan.

    79.5
  2. 2

    Mizuho Financial Group

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for purpose, inclusion and innovation, among others.

    76.9
  3. 3

    Nomura

    Top 3#1 for career growthEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth, pay and leadership, among others. No other Japanese financial services employer is named for career growth by every AI.

    66.7
  4. 4

    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership and job security.

    46.2
  5. 5

    Rakuten

    #1 for work-life balanceEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for work-life balance and innovation. No other Japanese financial services employer is named for work-life balance by every AI.

    43.6
  6. 6

    Daiwa Securities

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership.

    41.0
  7. 6

    Goldman Sachs

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay and interviews.

    41.0
  8. 8

    JPMorgan Chase

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay and interviews.

    38.5
  9. 9

    Morgan Stanley

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for interviews.

    33.3
  10. 10

    Citi

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay.

    30.8
  11. 10

    Dai-ichi Life

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security.

    30.8

Everyone else

12 to 29Tokio Marine, Nippon Life, SMBC, Sompo and 27 moreShow
  1. 12Tokio Marine28.2
  2. 13Nippon Life23.1
  3. 13SMBC23.1
  4. 15Sompo20.5
  5. 16Paypay17.9
  6. 16Resona Holdings17.9
  7. 18LINE Financial15.4
  8. 19Barclays12.8
  9. 19Daiwa12.8
  10. 21MS&AD10.3
  11. 21SMBC Nikko10.3
  12. 21Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation10.3
  13. 24Bank of America7.7
  14. 24BlackRock7.7
  15. 24SMFG7.7
  16. 24Smbc Nikko Securities7.7
  17. 24Sumitomo Mitsui Trust7.7
  18. 29Accenture5.1
  19. 29Boston Consulting Group5.1
  20. 29Deloitte5.1
  21. 29Deutsche Bank5.1
  22. 29Japan Post Insurance5.1
  23. 29KPMG5.1
  24. 29McKinsey5.1
  25. 29Merrill Lynch5.1
  26. 29Mizuho Securities5.1
  27. 29PayPal5.1
  28. 29PayPay Bank5.1
  29. 29PwC5.1
  30. 29SoftBank5.1
  31. 29Tokio Marine & Nichido5.1
43American Express, Amundi, Bain & Company, BofA and 18 moreShow
  1. 43American Express2.6
  2. 43Amundi2.6
  3. 43Bain & Company2.6
  4. 43BofA2.6
  5. 43Credit Suisse2.6
  6. 43Daiwa Asset Management2.6
  7. 43Fidelity Investments2.6
  8. 43HSBC2.6
  9. 43IBM2.6
  10. 43Japan Post2.6
  11. 43LY Corp2.6
  12. 43MS&AD Insurance Group2.6
  13. 43Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance2.6
  14. 43Mercer2.6
  15. 43Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance2.6
  16. 43Mizuho Bank2.6
  17. 43Shizuoka Bank2.6
  18. 43State Bank of India2.6
  19. 43Sumitomo Life2.6
  20. 43Toyota2.6
  21. 43UBS2.6
  22. 43Yahoo Japan2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Japanese financial services employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is leadership and job security: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on the hiring process, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for financial services, the leader here has the 17th highest score. Elsewhere the lead changes hands: in Norway, AI recommends DNB first.

More than half of the 64 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 30.8. The leader's 79.5 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best financial services companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top financial services companies to work for in Japan?

Going by who AI recommends most to Japanese job seekers right now: MUFG, Mizuho Financial Group, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Rakuten.

Which Japanese financial services employer does AI recommend for career growth?

Nomura. No other Japanese financial services employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about career growth.

Which Japanese financial services employer does AI recommend for work-life balance?

Rakuten. No other Japanese financial services employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about work-life balance.

Which Japanese financial services employers does AI recommend for purpose?

MUFG and Mizuho Financial Group are both named by every AI when candidates ask about purpose.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.