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1,238 remote jobs are open to candidates in Japan.Show remote jobs
hajimari.inc • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Freelance & Talent Marketplaces • Trust B • Hiring 9
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Freelance & Talent Marketplaces • Trust B • Hiring 9
Hajimari is a Japanese HR company that aims to increase the number of independent professionals through matching services such as IT Pro Partners for freelancers and entrepreneurs. It also runs the graduate recruitment agency intee, the engineering services business TUKURUS and the training SaaS HR University, and hires web application engineers and generative AI team leaders, including for its Nagano base. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
kayac.bond • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Custom Software Development • IT services • Trust D • Hiring 12
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Custom Software Development • IT services • Trust D • Hiring 12
KAYAC BOND is a Japanese digital creative company that develops systems and apps, supports digital transformation and helps launch new businesses. It works on consumer and large B2B2C projects, including for healthcare and retail clients, using PHP, Go, TypeScript and React, and holds ISO/IEC 27001 certification. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
funlead.co.jp • HQ: Toshima, Japan • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • Custom Software Development • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: Toshima, Japan • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • Custom Software Development • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 7
funlead is a Japanese IT services company that provides contract software development, infrastructure engineering and staffing services, and also develops its own generative AI service called STiV. Its work includes smart factory and digital transformation projects for manufacturers and GIS projects, it has branches in Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, and it hires presales engineers, infrastructure team leads, web engineers and product managers. The company is headquartered in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
peoplex.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • HR & Recruiting AI • Recruiting Software & ATS • Trust B • Hiring 9, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • HR & Recruiting AI • Recruiting Software & ATS • Trust B • Hiring 9, 1 new
PeopleX is a Japanese AI technology start-up that builds an HR platform for recruiting, training and talent management. Its products include AI interviews, AI role-play and AI meetings as well as PeopleWork, and the company is expanding into sales and customer success tools while hiring generative AI and backend engineers, product managers and designers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
studist.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • 51-200 employees • Est. 2010 • Trust D • Hiring 20
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • 51-200 employees • Est. 2010 • Trust D • Hiring 20
Studist is a Tokyo software company founded in 2010 that develops Teachme Biz, a service for creating visual work instructions. Frontline teams in retail, manufacturing and hospitality use it to replace paper manuals with step by step photo and video guides. The company also sells training management tools that track whether procedures have been learned.
goodpatch.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Graphic Design • UI/UX Design • 201-500 employees • Est. 2011 • Hiring 2
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Graphic Design • UI/UX Design • 201-500 employees • Est. 2011 • Hiring 2
Goodpatch is a Tokyo design company founded in 2011 that specialises in user experience and product design for digital services. It works with startups and large enterprises on interface design, design systems and product strategy, and developed the Prott prototyping tool. The company was among the first design focused firms to list on the Japanese growth market.
ascent.ai • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Industrial Robotics • Robotic Software & Control Systems • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Industrial Robotics • Robotic Software & Control Systems • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
Ascent Robotics develops advanced robotics software that handles a diverse range of objects with flexibility and operates autonomously in response to the on-site environment while collaborating with humans. Its multinational team is led by Ken Kutaragi, known as the father of PlayStation, and hires technical artists and AI and full stack engineers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
epicbase.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Startup • Hiring 2
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Startup • Hiring 2
Epicbase is a Tokyo company developing Otolio, a business voice AI platform that turns conversations from meetings into usable data. It started with AI meeting minutes that automate document creation and in December 2025 released AI agents that carry out tasks before, during and after meetings, and it hires customer success managers and AI engineers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
astamuse.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Research Institutes • Management Consulting • Est. 2005 • Trust B • Hiring 3
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Research Institutes • Management Consulting • Est. 2005 • Trust B • Hiring 3
astamuse is a data-driven innovation consultancy established on 2 September 2005 that helps companies plan new businesses, research and development and intellectual property strategy. It combines an innovation database of more than one billion records from 193 countries with machine learning and PhD-level technology analysts, and it hires analysts and machine learning engineers. The company is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
reiwatravel.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Travel Technology • Travel Agencies • Trust D • Hiring 14
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Travel Technology • Travel Agencies • Trust D • Hiring 14
Reiwa Travel is a Japanese travel company that runs NEWT, an app for booking trips and travel packages. It uses technology to address problems in the travel industry, has an office in Honolulu and hires AI software engineers, product managers, corporate IT staff, legal staff and a CFO. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
craif.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Molecular Diagnostics • Diagnostic Tests & IVD • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust D • Hiring 12
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Molecular Diagnostics • Diagnostic Tests & IVD • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust D • Hiring 12
Craif is a Tokyo biotechnology company founded in 2018 that detects cancer risk from urine samples. Its technology analyses microRNA using a device developed at Nagoya University, which makes screening far less invasive than blood testing. The company sells tests in Japan and is pursuing approval in other markets.
zhienius.co.jp • Tokyo • Human Resources • Recruiting & Staffing • Trust B • Hiring 6
Tokyo • Human Resources • Recruiting & Staffing • Trust B • Hiring 6
Zhienius is a Japanese company that combines human capital consulting with software development, building its own HR tech SaaS products and delivering contract development for clients. It holds a recruitment licence, offers engineers fully remote work, and hires frontend engineers in TypeScript, backend engineers in Python and Go, SRE and infrastructure engineers, UI/UX designers, customer success staff and developers of LLM-based AI agents. The company is based in Japan.
optfit.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Computer Vision • Retail & Commerce AI • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Computer Vision • Retail & Commerce AI • Trust B • Hiring 5
Opt Fit is a Japanese AI startup that uses AI cameras to rebuild business models so they no longer depend on staff on site. Its services GYM DX and KAIGO DX analyse round-the-clock behaviour data for unstaffed gyms and care facilities, and it hires machine learning engineers, a tech lead and customer success staff. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
power-x.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Energy Storage • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 12
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Energy Storage • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 12
PowerX is a Japanese energy company that manufactures large-scale battery energy storage systems in-house. It builds and operates grid-scale battery power plants and supplies storage systems to utilities and businesses as part of the shift to renewable power in Japan. The company was founded in 2021. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
ignitionpoint-inc.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Management Consulting • Trust D • Hiring 22
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Management Consulting • Trust D • Hiring 22
Ignition Point is a Japanese innovation firm that supports clients with new business creation and digital transformation and also builds and co-creates businesses of its own. It runs consulting, innovation and investment businesses and hires strategy and digital consultants, venture capitalists and IT security managers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with an office in Osaka.
infomart.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 7
Infomart is a Tokyo company founded in 1998 that operates business to business trading and invoicing platforms. Its food industry marketplace connects restaurants with suppliers, and its BtoB Platform handles electronic invoices and contracts for hundreds of thousands of companies. The company benefits from Japanese regulations requiring digital record keeping for tax purposes.
youtrust.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Professional Networks • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 24
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Professional Networks • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 24
YOUTRUST is a Japanese HR technology company that runs a work-focused social network of the same name. The network helps professionals turn connections with colleagues into side jobs and career moves, the company also builds HR tech products for businesses, and it hires product managers, product designers, corporate IT engineers, customer success staff and marketers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
gridpredict.jp • HQ: Minato, Japan • Energy AI • Decision Intelligence • Trust B • Hiring 9, 1 new
HQ: Minato, Japan • Energy AI • Decision Intelligence • Trust B • Hiring 9, 1 new
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