English-friendly21%885 jobs
State a Japanese level11%an explicit N1–N5 requirement
Posted in English18%735 postings
Live jobs analyzed4,146across 174 employers

Data last verified . 411 non-Tokyo listings excluded.

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Language skills employers look for

Japanese requirement

No Japanese required
271%
JLPT N3 or lower
70%
JLPT N2
2406%
JLPT N1
1524%
Native Japanese
180%
Japanese posting, level unstated
3,04974%
No Japanese level detected
65316%

Other language signals

English-friendly
88521%
Business English
591%
Native English
10%
Chinese
40%
Korean
50%

Original posting language

Japanese posting
3,26979%
English posting
73518%
Mixed-language posting
1423%
Method and caveats

Japanese levels are exclusive; English and other-language signals may overlap.

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Methodology and limitations

How to read these numbers responsibly.

What is included?

4,146 live employer job pages explicitly located in Tokyo or a named Tokyo ward/neighborhood. Duplicate IDs and expired listings are removed; 411 Japan-wide or non-Tokyo listings are excluded.

How is demand measured?

A skill counts when the posting's structured vector is at least 70% confident. This includes explicit requests and strong deterministic implications such as React implying JavaScript.

How are salaries calculated?

Only valid ranges with both a minimum and maximum are used. We take each range midpoint, then calculate the median or mean across jobs. The complete-range coverage is 32%.

What does “now” mean?

The current snapshot refreshes after the job crawl. Daily aggregate snapshots are retained, and trend comparisons appear after 14 comparable days. Skill, language and visa-support fields are AI-assisted estimates; verify details on the employer's original posting.