Gaijin Hunter Careers · Japan

Public reports

Live snapshots of Japan's foreigner-friendly job market, generated directly from the job database. Updated whenever a new scrape lands.

Current dataset: 2570 jobs

Foreigner Fit score distribution

How accessible the current postings are to foreign applicants, based on language, visa support, salary listing, and source quality.

90-100 Excellent
1
75-89 Strong
8
60-74 Possible
71
40-59 Weak
919
0-39 Poor
1571

Posting language

English / Japanese / Mixed, what language the job ad itself is written in.

English
2430
Bilingual
86
Mixed
33
Unknown
18
Japanese
3

Demand by role family

Where the foreigner-friendly openings are. Includes average Foreigner Fit score per family.

Role familyOpen rolesAvg fit
Hospitality / Service 715 39.0
Logistics / Manufacturing 696 39.0
Healthcare / Care 291 37.0
(Unknown) 142 18.0
Teaching / Education 113 45.0
Software Engineering 97 36.0
Construction / Trades 94 43.0
Marketing 86 20.0
Retail / Sales 62 45.0
Consulting 49 9.0
Product Management 37 38.0
Sales / BD 33 17.0
Office / Administration 22 40.0
Design 22 17.0
Data / AI 21 23.0

Salary distribution

Of the postings that disclose salary, what bands they fall into.

< ¥4M
1987
¥4M – ¥6M
123
¥6M – ¥8M
22
¥8M – ¥10M
16
¥10M – ¥15M
6
¥15M+
4
Not listed
412

Japanese-level requirements

What level of Japanese the postings actually demand.

Conversational
1218
(Not specified)
452
Basic / Beginner
440
Business / Professional
340
Native / Fluent
82
Not Required
38

Postings by source quality

Where the listings come from, direct ATS / curated boards / aggregators. Higher quality = more verified, more apply-friendly.

Job board, YOLO Japan
1980
Aggregator, jobspy
300
Job board, gaijinpot
161
Curated, japandev
60
Direct ATS, greenhouse
49
Direct ATS, ashby
20

All numbers are live as of this page load. Want to use this data in your research or writing? It's all available via the JSON API: see /api/jobs.json. We just ask for a backlink.