Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
666 jobs in Japan open to English speakers, updated 25 October 2026.
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
225 open jobs
Marriott InternationalEnter and retrieve information contained in computer databases using a keyboard, mouse, or trackball to update records, files, reservations, and answer inquiries from guests. Transmit information or documents using a computer, mail, or facsimile machine. Operate standard office equipment other than computers. Prepare letters, memos, and other documents using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software. Handle incoming and outgoing mail, including date stamping and distributing incoming mail. Create and maintain computer- and paper-based filing and organization systems for records, reports, documents, etc. Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities. Enter and locate work-related information using computers and/or point of sale systems. Follow all company policies and procedures, ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional, maintain confidentiality of proprietary information, and protect company assets. Welcome and acknowledge all guests according to company standards, anticipate and address guests’ service needs, assist individuals with disabilities, and thank guests with genuine appreciation. Speak with others using clear and professional language, prepare and review written documents accurately and completely, and answer telephones using appropriate etiquette. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others, support team to reach common goals, and listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees. Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance. Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.
RakutenThe Technology Platforms Division (TPD) drives the growth of Rakuten's ecosystem by delivering innovative, high-quality technology platforms characterized by integrated control and strategic partnerships. Within TPD, the Cloud Platform Supervisory Department (CPSD) develops and manages Rakuten's state-of-the-art cloud platform, empowering global scalability and accelerating innovation across its diverse business units. The Cloud Services Department (CLSD) at Rakuten Group provides high-quality cloud infrastructure and platform services to application developers across Rakuten. Our mission is to enable secure, scalable, and efficient digital innovation. We deliver key domain services, including compute, storage, core infrastructure components, databases, container platform, observability, and gateway solutions, empowering Rakuten application teams to focus on their core business objectives. The Platform Reliability Engineering Group in the Cloud Services Department manages Gateway, CDN, and Security services, such as the APIC gateway, CDN, and external proxy, that empower services throughout the entire Rakuten Group. We are scaling our infrastructure and reliability capabilities, and we are looking for hands-on engineers to join our multicultural team and help build and operate mission-critical services at enterprise scale, with high quality and SLAs, under a tremendous amount of traffic. As an SRE/DevOps Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the infrastructure, tooling, and automation behind our platform, and own the reliability and operational health of the services you support. We are looking for someone with hands-on experience owning production reliability and a passion for automation, observability, and operational excellence. Your work will include developing, maintaining, and optimizing Ansible playbooks, and ensuring consistent and reliable server configurations across environments; designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with development teams to integrate automated testing, deployment, and monitoring; building, deploying, and managing containerized applications with Docker, and designing and managing Kubernetes clusters for scalability, reliability, and security; managing production servers for high availability, performance, and security, including Squid proxy servers for caching, filtering, and optimizing network traffic; monitoring server health, participating in on-call rotations, responding to incidents, and driving issues to root cause and permanent fix; owning SLO/SLA targets, improving observability and resilience, and contributing to post-mortems and continuous improvement; and partnering with software engineering teams and architects to promote shared ownership of production reliability.
Marriott InternationalThe Front Office Manager / Assistant Manager assists in administering front office functions and supervising staff on a daily basis. Front office areas include Bell/Door Staff, Switchboard and Guest Services/Front Desk. The position directs and works with managers and employees to carry out procedures ensuring an efficient check-in and check-out process. Ensures guest and employee satisfaction and maximizes the financial performance of the department. The role supports management of the front desk team by using interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocating sound financial and business decision-making; demonstrating honesty and integrity; and leading by example. It encourages mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members; supervises and manages employees and day-to-day operations; understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in their absence; ensures employee recognition on all shifts; and establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees. The role monitors and supports progress toward guest services and front desk goals by managing day-to-day operations and ensuring quality, standards, and customer expectations are met. It develops goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work; handles complaints, disputes, grievances, and conflicts; strives to improve service performance; collaborates with the Front Office Manager on continual departmental service improvements; communicates clear and consistent Front Office goals; participates in developing and implementing corrective action plans based on comment cards and guest satisfaction results; and emphasizes guest satisfaction and continuous improvement in departmental meetings. The role ensures exceptional customer service by providing services above and beyond to support customer satisfaction and retention; communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs; providing guidance, feedback, and coaching; serving as a role model; setting a positive example for guest relations; demonstrating hospitality skills; empowering employees to provide excellent customer service; regularly interacting with customers to obtain feedback on product quality, service levels, and overall satisfaction; providing feedback to employees based on observed service behaviors; and effectively handling guest problems and complaints. The role manages projects and policies by implementing the customer recognition and service program, communicating and ensuring the process, ensuring compliance with Front Office policies, standards, and procedures, and monitoring adherence to credit policies and procedures to reduce bad debts and rebates. Additional responsibilities include providing information to supervisors and co-workers by telephone, in writing, by email, or in person; analyzing information and evaluating results to choose solutions and solve problems; timely communication of relevant information to executives, peers, and subordinates; functioning in place of the Front Office Manager when absent; communicating critical information from pre- and post-convention meetings to Front Office staff; and participating in department meetings.
Marriott InternationalDevelops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees. The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives while maximizing the return on investment. In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution of financial and accounting activities and the delivery of desirable financial results. The role assists in strategic planning and decision making by developing ways to improve profit, estimating costs and benefits, exploring new business opportunities, analyzing information, forecasting sales against expenses, creating annual budget plans, monitoring actual sales against projected sales, analyzing wage variances, supporting budget reviews, managing business risks, safeguarding assets, analyzing financial data and market trends, and producing accurate forecasts. It leads the finance and accounting team, communicates strategic goals and owner priorities, oversees audit processes, assigns accountability, and conducts performance appraisals. It anticipates and delivers on stakeholder needs by communicating with owners, understanding priorities, explaining financial concepts clearly, managing working capital and cash flow, and facilitating review meetings. It develops and maintains finance and accounting goals by ensuring accurate profit and loss documentation, monitoring taxes, submitting timely reports, supporting performance and budget goals, improving profit growth, and reviewing audit issues. It manages projects and policies by producing reports and presentations, reconciling balance sheets, ensuring accurate P&L accounting, and complying with management contracts and operating procedures. It also manages human resource activities, including cross-training, fair administration of policies, onboarding and training new hires, development planning, performance reviews, and hiring activities.
Woven by ToyotaThe Map Solutions team provides AD/ADAS development with reliable access to high-quality map and geospatial data, which feeds machine learning model training, simulation, and system evaluation. We acquire, process, and maintain map data, and we build the tooling that helps teams across the company use a wide range of spatial datasets. You will join our Map Sourcing & Compilation sub-team, which prepares the map data used to develop and evaluate our next-generation driving system as it expands to urban roads. We are looking for a senior engineer with deep expertise in map data: vendor formats, map specifications, and the fine details that determine whether a map is suitable for driving. You will lead our in-house map releases from vendor data to a verified release. You will also help grow the team’s in-house expertise as this work scales. If you enjoy taking end-to-end ownership of a pipeline end to end, and you care as much about how data is checked as how it is built, we would love to hear from you. You will lead in-house map releases for onboard (in-vehicle) development end to end: specification, conversion, verification, and delivery. You will design and maintain in-house map specifications, along with the format conversion and post-processing pipelines that turn vendor data into them. You will build and run quality verification that ensures data integrity, and define the checks and metrics each release must pass. You will deliver ground-truth maps for offboard (non-vehicle) development, including ML labeling, simulation, and system evaluation. You will manage licenses for data and software used in in-house development, such as data usage agreements, to ensure compliant use. You will manage and evaluate vendor data coverage and quality against our standards. You will extend the pipeline to urban roads and to new map types, such as navigation and ADAS maps, for our next-generation system. You will document processes and mentor teammates so map data knowledge is shared across the team.
OpenAIAs the Japan Creative Lead, you will lead the creative vision and execution of OpenAI’s brand in Japan. You will define how global ideas are translated, adapted, and evolved for Japan, while developing original ideas rooted in Japanese culture. You will shape creative direction, elevate craft, and ensure local relevance while protecting global brand integrity. As part of the International Creative Studio, you’ll collaborate closely with creative colleagues across OpenAI and cross-functional partners in Japan. Together with the Japan Marketing Lead, you will select and co-lead agencies in Japan, while guiding creators and production partners to deliver bold, distinctive, and world-class work that connects with local audiences. You will play a key role in shaping and evolving OpenAI’s visual identity and creative frameworks for Japan, ensuring they resonate with local audiences while remaining true to our global brand vision and principles. We’re looking for a creative leader who is conceptually strong, visually sophisticated, culturally fluent in Japan, and deeply collaborative. You can set a high bar, bring others along with clarity and inspiration, and move confidently between creative direction and hands-on work. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan. In this role, you will lead creative direction for brand campaigns, marketing, digital, content, experiential, events, and partnerships in Japan, across consumer and B2B audiences; translate global brand strategy and creative vision into culturally resonant work for Japanese audiences, developing locally originated ideas alongside global campaign adaptations; set and maintain a high bar for concept, craft, and storytelling across all creative outputs, with close attention to Japanese language, typography, and visual expression; partner closely with the International and U.S. Creative Studio, Japan Marketing, and cross-functional partners to align on creative direction, systems, and brand standards; guide and mentor designers, art directors, and creative partners working on Japan, providing clear direction, feedback, and inspiration; collaborate with Japan Marketing to turn audience insights and product capabilities into clear, locally relevant ideas and stories; shape and evolve OpenAI’s visual systems and creative frameworks for Japan while maintaining a consistent global brand; select and co-lead agencies in Japan together with the Japan Marketing Lead, aligning on agency partners, briefs and creative direction; interpret strategy and briefs, identifying the core creative tension and turning it into distinctive ideas that resonate in Japan; and act as a trusted creative partner to cross-functional stakeholders in Japan, balancing ambition, cultural nuance, and brand responsibility.
RakutenEC Marketplace Development Department (ECMPD) is a tech division under Rakuten Commerce & Marketing Company of Rakuten Group, Inc. We are responsible for developing and enhancing our online system to support our core business, Rakuten Ichiba. Rakuten Ichiba is one of the largest internet shopping malls in Japan with 5.6 trillion sales in 2022 and our business is growing year on year. We aim to provide the best shopping entertainment for our shoppers and empower our partners in Rakuten Ichiba. We are currently seeking Senior Backend Engineers for the Rakuten Ichiba platform. The role involves the design, development, and operation of web system backends, as well as engineering team leadership and project management responsibilities. Understand business requirements, and deliver features with high quality and speed. Lead projects or teams as a senior engineer, from design, development, testing, and operation of new user-facing features for large-scale e-commerce systems, and make technical decisions under complex circumstances. Perform system design, implementation, testing, and release for various types of development projects. Handle operations, including inquiry management, investigation, and other operational tasks.
Marriott InternationalExhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the banquet food preparation staff. Assists in coordinating menus, purchasing, scheduling, food preparation and plating for catering events. The individual is responsible for delivering a consistent, high quality product with an appetizing presentation. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. The role assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays; attends daily Banquet Event meetings to review culinary requirements; checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met; assists in developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions; ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures; estimates daily Banquet Event Order production needs; follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products; maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards; manages the BEO process including menu development, pricing, tracking and ordering; manages food quantities and plating requirements for all banquet functions; plans food quantities and plating requirements for all banquet functions; prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions; recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor; and supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls. The role communicates production needs to key personnel and regularly communicates with employees to ensure performance expectations are clear. It encourages mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members; maintains employee productivity; ensures employees understand expectations and parameters; administers property policies fairly and consistently; identifies developmental and educational needs and coaches, mentors, trains, or instructs others; leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications; serves as a role model; supervises and coordinates cooks and workers engaged in food preparation; supervises and manages employees and day-to-day operations; supervises banquet kitchen shift operations; addresses employee problems or concerns; and uses interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others, advocate sound financial and business decision making, demonstrate honesty and integrity, and lead by example. The role achieves and exceeds performance, budget, and team goals; develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work; and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals. It empowers employees to provide excellent customer service, improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs and providing guidance, feedback, and coaching, manages day-to-day operations to meet quality standards and customer expectations, provides services above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention, and responds effectively to guest problems and complaints. The role conducts training when appropriate; ensures employees are cross-trained; ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures and support the Peer Review Process; participates in training staff on menu items, including ingredients, preparation methods, and unique tastes; reviews staffing levels to meet guest service, operational, and financial objectives; and trains employees in safety procedures. Additional responsibilities include analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems, attending and participating in pertinent meetings, and providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in writing, by email, or in person.
Woven by ToyotaWe develop human-centered automated driving solutions for personal and commercial use. We develop perception technologies and its production software for the AD/ADAS system. To work towards a reliable and functional system, we are solving complex real-world problems using large-scale data, machine learning algorithms, and a variety of perception technologies. You will combine modern technologies with safety standards while also considering cost efficiency. You will be an expert in neural networks and software engineering. Also, you have patience to handle the processes required for production development and approach them by asking "What can I do for you?" with a "Giver" mindset. You appreciate a hybrid workspace and can come to our Nihonbashi office three days per week, joining the team responsible for perception data for ADADAS. Responsibilities include coming up with data strategies on how to collect, sample, label, handle, and use tons of data from the market, test vehicles, and simulators to improve machine learning model performance of the perception stack for camera images that is deployed to millions of vehicles; designing and improving scalable data pipelines and automation for machine learning and performance evaluation; analyzing large-scale data and identifying its characteristics to propose technical solutions for machine learning and performance evaluation; and leading data-related activities within the team, across the company in collaboration with Toyota group, and enhancing team members' capability for data science.
NikeNike is looking for a Finance Director to lead the Business Planning function within the Japan Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. This leader will shape the long-term financial direction of Nike Japan while driving in-year business performance. The successful candidate can translate complex financial, consumer, and marketplace information into clear insights and recommendations that influence senior leaders. The candidate brings strategic thinking, strong financial judgment, and demonstrated experience leading teams through ambiguity and change. This individual builds trusted relationships across functions and levels, communicates complex concepts with clarity, and balances attention to detail with a broader commercial perspective. The role requires a proactive leader who can prioritize competing demands, challenge assumptions constructively, and create an inclusive environment where people can contribute and grow. You will lead Japan’s Business Planning team and provide strategic financial leadership across the Territory. You will set priorities, strengthen planning and performance-management processes, and turn financial and business insights into recommendations that help senior leaders make decisions and deliver sustainable, profitable growth. You will lead and develop a high-performing team comprising three MPU Finance Leads and one Financial Analyst, establishing clear priorities, decision rights, accountability, and development opportunities. You will lead the development of Japan’s Long-Range Financial Plan and translate strategic financial models into actionable operating plans and budgets. You will own the analysis of monthly and quarterly results and forecasts, identifying key performance drivers, risks, and opportunities across Japan’s Profit and Loss (P&L) portfolio. You will continuously improve the financial models, reporting processes, and Monthly Management Pack used to provide senior leaders with accurate, timely, and actionable insights. You will partner with Geography Finance, Territory Planning, and business leaders to integrate consumer, marketplace, seasonal, and financial plans. You will represent Japan Finance in cross-functional Integrated Business Planning (IBP) forums and present financial results, implications, and recommendations to the General Manager (GM), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and other senior leaders. You will lead analyses that inform Nike-critical decisions, including responses to changing consumer, marketplace, macroeconomic, and business conditions, while simplifying processes and improving efficiency without compromising quality.