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Top 20 listed companies by employees · 🇯🇵 Japan

The biggest employers on the world's stock exchanges

Updated · employees (employees)

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Why these 20

Head count as reported in Wikidata for companies listed on a stock exchange. Big employers shape job markets: drill into your own country.

  1. 1

    Toyota

    トヨタ自動車

    Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer

    359,542

  2. 2

    Panasonic Holdings Corporation

    パナソニックホールディングス

    Japanese multinational electronics corporation

    257,533

  3. 3

    Honda

    本田技研工業

    manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment

    204,035

  4. 4

    Fujitsu

    富士通

    Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company

    200,000

  5. 5

    Canon Inc.

    キヤノン

    Japanese multinational imaging corporation

    194,151

  6. 6

    Sumitomo Electric Industries

    住友電気工業

    Manufacturer of electric wire and optical fiber cables

    182,773

  7. 7

    Nissan

    日産自動車

    Japanese automobile manufacturer

    136,134

  8. 8

    Sony Group

    ソニーグループ

    Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation

    112,300

  9. 9

    Nippon Steel Corporation

    日本製鉄

    steel producer in Japan

    106,528

  10. 10

    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

    三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ

    Japanese bank holding and financial services company

    104,900

  11. 11

    Aisin Seiki

    アイシン

    Japanese manufacturer of systems and components for the automotive industry

    100,000

  12. 12

    Kyocera

    京セラ

    Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer

    79,185

  13. 13

    Aeon

    イオン株式会社

    Japanese retail holding company

    76,318

  14. 14

    Fujifilm Corporation

    富士フイルムホールディングス

    Japanese conglomerate started as photographic film manufacturer

    75,845

  15. 15

    Seiko Epson

    セイコーエプソン

    Japanese electronics company

    74,464

  16. 16

    East Japan Railway Company

    東日本旅客鉄道

    passenger railway service provider in east Japan

    73,063

  17. 17

    Suzuki Motor Corporation

    スズキ

    Japanese multinational automotive corporation

    68,499

  18. 18

    SoftBank Group

    ソフトバンクグループ

    Japanese company

    68,402

  19. 19

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

    三菱重工業

    Japanese company

    68,213

  20. 20

    Japan Tobacco

    日本たばこ産業

    cigarette manufacturing company

    63,969

How it is measured

Wikidata: items with a stock exchange (P414) and an employee count of 5,000 or more.

References

  1. Wikidata query: listed companies by employees, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 18:49 UTC.

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