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Tokyo

Tokyo hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.

Postings · May 2026−40%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0 low3-mo avg: 12.6667 high
Rank · JP
#1of 1 JP cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs JP
Share of JP postings
100.0%3 of 3
3-Mo momentum
Falling−40% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the JP baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
1,545since 2011 · 182 months
−54% YoY2025 vs 2024
190
'22
31
'23
28
'24
13
'25
7
'26
All-time total
1,545182 months
↑ Best year
2018293
↓ Worst full year
20137
Latest full year
2025−54% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Tokyo postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

Only 2 postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Tokyo accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

24 points less remote-friendly than the JP baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
43%
−24 ptsvs JP · 67%
Remote
29%
Hybrid
14%
Onsite-only
57%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share held the line through '23–'25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
50% rem.
'14
86% rem.
'15
35% rem.
'16
37% rem.
'17
13% rem.
'18
20% rem.
'19
46% rem.
'20
32% rem.
'21
43% rem.
'22
65% rem.
'23
71% rem.
'24
24% rem.
'25
23% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Tokyo vs JP
Tokyo43% remote-friendly
JP average67% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Tokyo's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 14 Tokyo hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
7mentions↑ 9%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2550% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+9%7
02C+++757%5
03Rust+757%5
04Kubernetes+586%4
05Machine Learning—4
06Terraform+586%4
07ArgoCD—3
08Go−36%3
09React−57%3
10TypeScript+414%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01C+++757%
  • 02Rust+757%
  • 03Kubernetes+586%
  • 04Terraform+586%
Cooling↘
  • 01React−57%
  • 02Go−36%

79% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · Tokyo vs JPShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
TokyoJP baseline
Data Ml
match
7%
6%
+1 pts1.1×
Design
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
87%
83%
+5 pts1.1×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.7×
Sales
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.3×
About this page

Tokyo postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

Caveats
  • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
  • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
  • ·Comparisons against the JP baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.