Researcher Jobs in Japan.

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Total jobs
45
positions indexed
New today
0
last 24 hours
Companies
28
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Researcher jobs in Japan are there right now?

There are 45 open Researcher jobs in Japan on JobsRadar right now, from 28 companies hiring directly. 4 of them disclose pay, with a median of $162,500 a year and most offers between $146,300 and $191,050. The board was last refreshed on September 12, 2026 at 04:00 UTC.

Researcher salary range in Japan

$146.3k 25th
$162.5k Median
$191.1k 75th
$139.6k
$219.9k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $180k – $291.2k · outliers off-axis
Based on 4 disclosed live listings
Updated Sep 12, 2026 from live listings
See full salary breakdown
MS
Research Division - Analyst/Associate, Equity Research Analyst, Construction Coverage (Tokyo)
Morgan Stanley
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
micro1
Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD / Researcher / Professor)
micro1
⚡ Apply early Remote — 58 countries · location restricted $83,200–$187,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Mercari, inc.
Senior UX Researcher- Mercari Marketplace (Commerce New Service)
Mercari, inc.
⚡ Apply early Minato City, Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
RA
Qualitative Researcher - Brand Solutions Section 1, Data Solutions Department, Rakuten Insight, Inc. (Secondment) (A&M)(A&M)
Rakuten
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
GLG
Senior Associate, Research
GLG
⚡ Apply early Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
micro1
Business Analyst / Researcher / Operations Specialist
micro1
⚡ Apply early Remote — 58 countries · location restricted $187,200–$291,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
T. Rowe Price
Researcher
T. Rowe Price
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
T. Rowe Price
Research Support Associate (Japan Equities)
T. Rowe Price
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RA
Marketing Researcher - Data Solutions Department, Marketing Solutions Business, Rakuten Insight, Inc. (Secondment)(A&M)
Rakuten
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RA
Marketing Researcher - Data Solutions Department, Marketing Solutions Business, Rakuten Insight, Inc. (Secondment)(A&M)
Rakuten
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pfizer
[R&D] Clinical Development Medical, Associate Director, Research and Development - Vaccines
Pfizer
⚡ Apply early Japan - Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Parexel
Initiation Clinical Research Associate / 臨床試験立ち上げ担当者
Parexel
⚡ Apply early Japan - Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Moon Creative Lab
Design Researcher (Contract, Tokyo)
Moon Creative Lab
⚡ Apply early Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
T. Rowe Price
Associate Analyst / Investment Analyst – Equity Research
T. Rowe Price
⚡ Apply early Tokyo, Japan Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
GU
Strategic Research Associate
Guidepoint
⚡ Apply early 東京都, Japan Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Point72
Quantitative Researcher - Intern
Point72
⚡ Apply early London, Paris, Hong Kong, Toky... Onsite $120,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Gettyimages
Senior Creative Insights Researcher - Visual Trend Analysis / Marketing Research (Japanese Speaker)
Gettyimages
⚡ Apply early Tokyo Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Tencent
Senior Interactive Vision Model Researcher|高级研究员 - 可交互视觉模型
Tencent
⚡ Apply early Japan-Tokyo-Business Tower Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4w ago
Spellbrush
AI Anime Researcher - LLM
Spellbrush
⚡ Apply early San Francisco or Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Spellbrush
AI Anime Researcher - Motion Generation Models
Spellbrush
⚡ Apply early San Francisco or Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Spellbrush
AI Anime Researcher
Spellbrush
⚡ Apply early Tokyo Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
SearchApi
Technical Researcher / Writer
SearchApi
⚡ Apply early Remote - Lithuania · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Woven By Toyota
Senior UX Researcher, Product Experimentation (Inventors)
Woven By Toyota
⚡ Apply early Tokyo Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Sony
Full time - Researcher / Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Multimodal Machine Learning
Sony
⚡ Apply early Tokyo - Osaki Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Sony
Internship - Researcher / Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Multimodal Machine Learning
Sony
⚡ Apply early Tokyo - Osaki Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

Frequently asked questions

How many Researcher jobs in Japan are open right now?
45 Researcher jobs in Japan are open across 28 companies, as of September 12, 2026.
What do Researcher jobs in Japan pay?
Across the 4 Researcher jobs in Japan that disclose pay, the median is $162,500 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $146,300 and $191,050.
Which companies are hiring Researcher jobs in Japan?
Morgan Stanley, micro1, Mercari, inc., Rakuten and GLG are among the 28 companies currently hiring Researcher jobs in Japan.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on September 12, 2026 at 04:00 UTC.

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