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Top healthcare employers in Japan

Takeda leads Japanese healthcare with a Visibility score of 79.5 out of 100, 2.6 points ahead of Astellas. Daiichi Sankyo is third. The list covers the 55 healthcare employers AI recommends to job seekers in Japan.

55 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    Takeda

    #1 in Japanese healthcare#1 for Operations & Administration#1 for PhysiciansEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for purpose, inclusion and interviews, among others. The healthcare employer AI recommends most in Japan.

    79.5
  2. 2

    Astellas

    Top 3Every AI

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

    76.9
  3. 3

    Daiichi Sankyo

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for culture, leadership and career growth, among others.

    69.2
  4. 4

    Terumo

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for culture.

    43.6
  5. 5

    Olympus

    AI recommends it most for purpose, culture and innovation, among others. One AI does not mention it yet.

    41.0
  6. 6

    Eisai

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay.

    35.9
  7. 6

    Otsuka

    AI recommends it most for job security, pay and career growth. One AI does not mention it yet.

    35.9
  8. 8

    Roche

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for innovation, leadership and pay, among others.

    30.8
  9. 9

    Fujifilm

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for innovation, job security and pay.

    28.2
  10. 10

    Chugai Pharmaceutical

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for innovation.

    23.1
  11. 10

    Pfizer

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for interviews, pay and career growth.

    23.1

Everyone else

12 to 31Medtronic, Novartis, Canon Medical, Johnson & Johnson and 40 moreShow
  1. 12Medtronic20.5
  2. 12Novartis20.5
  3. 14Canon Medical17.9
  4. 14Johnson & Johnson17.9
  5. 16AstraZeneca12.8
  6. 16Philips12.8
  7. 18Shimadzu10.3
  8. 18St. Luke's International Hospital10.3
  9. 20Abbott7.7
  10. 20Chugai7.7
  11. 20Fujitsu7.7
  12. 20GE HealthCare7.7
  13. 20Nihon Kohden7.7
  14. 20Siemens Healthineers7.7
  15. 26Cerner5.1
  16. 26IBM5.1
  17. 26Microsoft5.1
  18. 26NEC5.1
  19. 26NTT Data5.1
  20. 31Amgen2.6
  21. 31BD2.6
  22. 31Boston Scientific2.6
  23. 31Canon2.6
  24. 31Charles River2.6
  25. 31FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies2.6
  26. 31Google2.6
  27. 31Hitachi2.6
  28. 31Hitachi High-Technologies2.6
  29. 31IQVIA2.6
  30. 31Itochu2.6
  31. 31Janssen2.6
  32. 31Marubeni2.6
  33. 31Meiji Seika Pharma2.6
  34. 31Merck & Co.2.6
  35. 31Mitsubishi2.6
  36. 31NTT2.6
  37. 31National Hospital Organization2.6
  38. 31Nikon2.6
  39. 31Novo Nordisk2.6
  40. 31Recruit2.6
  41. 31Sompo2.6
  42. 31Sumitomo2.6
  43. 31Teijin2.6
  44. 31Toray Industries2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Japanese healthcare 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 culture: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on work-life balance, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for healthcare, the leader here has the 7th highest score. Elsewhere the lead changes hands: in Switzerland, AI recommends Novartis first.

More than half of the 55 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 23.1. The leader's 79.5 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best healthcare 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.

Read our article: Top healthcare companies to work for

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top healthcare companies to work for in Japan?

Going by who AI recommends most to Japanese job seekers right now: Takeda, Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Terumo and Olympus.

Which Japanese healthcare employers does AI recommend for purpose?

Takeda and Astellas are both named by every AI when candidates ask about purpose.

Which Japanese healthcare employers does AI recommend for culture?

Daiichi Sankyo and Terumo are both named by every AI when candidates ask about culture.

Which Japanese healthcare employers does AI recommend for inclusion?

Takeda and Astellas are both named by every AI when candidates ask about inclusion.

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.