Australia

Japanese companies in Australia

60 groups, 143 employers, 104,204 staff. Median women in management: 25.2%, against 40.0% for all employers.

Recruit Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Ready Workforce (A Division Of Chandler Macleod) Pty Ltd	5,000+ employees	13,945	32.7%	50.0%	0.0%
Chandler Macleod Group Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	3,868	49.5%	40.6%	–
Ahs Hospitality Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	2,877	70.2%	77.1%	0.0%
Peoplebank Australia Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	2,792	26.0%	31.5%	–
RGF Staffing ANZ Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	705	64.3%	51.7%	0.0%
Recruitment Solutions (A Division Of Chandler Macleod) Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	600	47.3%	39.1%	0.0%
Vivir Healthcare Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	445	67.0%	58.3%	0.0%
Leaders IT Services Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	216	37.0%	50.0%	–
CHANDLER MACLEOD WORKFORCE PTY LTD	100–249 employees	110	27.3%	–	–

Persol Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Programmed Skilled Workforce Limited	5,000+ employees	6,359	32.0%	49.1%	10.2%
Programmed Facility Management Pty. Ltd.	1,000–4,999 employees	1,787	32.2%	30.4%	41.9%
Persolkelly Australia Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,230	51.5%	19.1%	28.6%
Programmed Property Services Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,208	12.9%	8.7%	72.7%
Programmed Industrial Maintenance Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	990	8.4%	18.2%	–
Skilled Workforce Solutions (Nsw) Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	784	40.1%	33.3%	–
HVA Technical Services Pty Limited	500–999 employees	560	28.6%	–	–
Integrated Maintenance Services Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	557	35.4%	50.0%	–
T&C Services Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	429	9.1%	8.7%	33.3%
Programmed Integrated Workforce Limited	250–499 employees	382	42.1%	–	–
The Tesa Group Pty. Ltd.	250–499 employees	363	37.2%	0.0%	–
Programmed Electrical Technologies Ltd	250–499 employees	290	14.5%	10.8%	55.6%
Skilled Rail Services Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	273	13.2%	–	–
Programmed Offshore Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	245	11.0%	58.3%	0.0%
URBAN MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS PTY LTD	100–249 employees	238	16.4%	14.3%	–
PROGRAMMED OFFSHORE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD	100–249 employees	233	9.0%	–	–
Programmed Maintenance Services Limited	100–249 employees	175	42.9%	40.5%	37.5%
Programmed Turnpoint Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	99	1.0%	–	–
ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED	100–249 employees	81	7.4%	0.0%	–

Japan Post Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Toll Transport Pty. Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	4,649	24.9%	25.9%	23.4%
Toll Personnel Pty Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	3,054	24.2%	51.5%	0.0%
Toll Holdings Limited	250–499 employees	320	45.3%	41.6%	0.0%

Asahi Group Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Asahi Beverages Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	2,168	28.2%	39.8%	54.7%
Cub People Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	779	32.7%	35.0%	45.0%
CUB Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	292	6.5%	–	–
Queensland Breweries Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	236	6.8%	–	–
4 Pines Brewing Company Pty Limited	100–249 employees	129	48.1%	18.2%	–
Pirate Life Brewing Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	124	31.5%	29.6%	0.0%
Emencee Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	123	24.4%	15.4%	–
Allpress Espresso Australia Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	110	39.1%	45.8%	75.0%
Cascade Brewery Company Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	93	33.3%	–	–
NEVER NEVER DISTILLING CO. PTY LIMITED	100–249 employees	93	44.1%	40.0%	33.3%
4 Pines Brewing Company Wholesale Pty Limited	100–249 employees	91	20.9%	25.0%	60.0%

Nippon Paint Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	2,927	39.4%	38.9%	4.3%
B&D Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	294	22.4%	32.4%	28.6%
Lincoln Sentry Group Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	263	29.3%	34.8%	0.0%
Inspirations	100–249 employees	154	36.4%	22.2%	40.0%
Parchem Construction Supplies Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	135	23.7%	15.8%	–

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
MUFG Retirement Solutions Business Services Pty Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	2,064	53.2%	51.0%	–
MUFG Corporate Markets Service Co Pty Limited	250–499 employees	497	49.7%	45.9%	–
MUFG Bank, Ltd.	250–499 employees	379	44.6%	32.4%	55.0%
Superpartners Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	264	59.5%	42.9%	–
MUFG PMS Service Company Pty Limited	100–249 employees	127	38.6%	36.7%	8.3%
Australian Administration Services Pty. Limited	100–249 employees	83	85.5%	92.9%	–

Komatsu

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Komatsu Australia Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	3,162	20.2%	18.8%	41.9%
Komatsu Forklift Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	185	18.9%	11.8%	–

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
TAL Services Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	2,966	57.0%	50.9%	21.5%

Toyota Motor

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited	1,000–4,999 employees	1,616	32.5%	29.0%	33.9%
Toyota Finance Australia Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,181	46.4%	29.8%	25.0%

Nippon Paper Industries

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
OPAL PACKAGING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD	1,000–4,999 employees	1,564	14.7%	11.4%	20.0%
Paper Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	514	6.4%	11.4%	–
SPECIALTY PACKAGING GROUP PTY LTD	100–249 employees	244	32.8%	21.1%	0.0%
OPAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD	100–249 employees	226	47.3%	40.3%	0.0%
KCML Projects Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	83	14.5%	14.3%	–

Hitachi Construction Machinery

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,395	16.3%	14.2%	0.0%
Bradken Resources Pty Limited	500–999 employees	804	16.0%	20.0%	20.0%
Hitachi Construction Machinery Oceania Holdings Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	175	30.3%	18.2%	–

Fujifilm Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,045	33.1%	28.2%	35.3%
Fujifilm Data Management Solutions Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	803	42.2%	28.9%	0.0%
Fujifilm Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	228	31.1%	28.1%	50.0%
FUJIFILM MicroChannel Services Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	124	20.2%	28.0%	–

Fujitsu

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Fujitsu Australia Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	2,165	24.6%	25.3%	38.5%

Nomura Research Institute

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
NRI Australia Limited	500–999 employees	777	30.2%	41.2%	50.0%
Planit Test Management Solutions Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	547	52.3%	25.9%	0.0%
Australian Investment Exchange Limited	100–249 employees	230	40.0%	30.8%	31.3%
Velrada Capital Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	195	23.6%	18.8%	33.3%
Group 10 Consulting Pty Limited	100–249 employees	96	41.7%	30.8%	0.0%

Daikin Industries

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
AIRMASTER CORPORATION PTY LTD	1,000–4,999 employees	1,092	17.6%	13.1%	5.6%
Daikin Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	709	27.2%	11.1%	0.0%

Kirin Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Lion Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,623	36.4%	42.0%	64.0%

INPEX

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Inpex Australia Pty Ltd	1,000–4,999 employees	1,342	23.2%	18.6%	49.1%
Inpex Browse Ltd	100–249 employees	88	3.4%	0.0%	–

Nippon Life Insurance

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LIMITED	1,000–4,999 employees	1,396	55.9%	47.6%	17.6%

Hitachi

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Hitachi Rail Sts Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	657	19.0%	11.1%	55.6%
Hitachi Energy Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	287	23.7%	13.0%	–
Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited	100–249 employees	155	12.3%	23.8%	–
Hitachi Global Air Power Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	134	22.4%	16.7%	–

Canon

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Canon Australia Pty. Ltd.	500–999 employees	514	32.9%	29.4%	0.0%
Canon Business Services Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	514	45.5%	6.7%	0.0%
Canon Medical Systems ANZ Pty Limited	100–249 employees	201	32.8%	24.4%	0.0%

NTT

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
NTT Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	995	22.7%	23.8%	16.0%
Ntt Australia Digital Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	205	18.0%	10.0%	0.0%

Toyota Industries

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Toyota Material Handling Australia Pty Limited	500–999 employees	944	15.4%	12.0%	0.0%

Bridgestone

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Bridgestone Australia Ltd.	500–999 employees	672	15.3%	15.7%	0.0%
Bridgestone Mining Solutions Australia Pty Limited	100–249 employees	242	26.0%	16.3%	–

Dentsu Group

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Dentsu (ANZ) Management Services Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	827	51.0%	51.5%	19.0%

NEC

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
NEC Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	539	18.6%	20.2%	0.0%
NEC IT Solutions Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	277	29.2%	33.3%	0.0%

Suntory Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Suntory Beverage & Food Australia Pty Ltd	500–999 employees	516	39.9%	39.8%	–
Beam Suntory Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	84	69.0%	70.2%	0.0%

Nissan Motor

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Nissan Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	202	49.5%	38.9%	0.0%
Nissan Motor Co. (Australia) Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	184	27.7%	18.8%	–
Nissan Casting Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	121	4.1%	0.0%	–

Ricoh

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	495	26.9%	19.1%	20.0%

Toshiba

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	267	31.8%	25.9%	–
TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION PTY LTD	100–249 employees	209	18.7%	11.8%	–

Konica Minolta

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	446	26.0%	25.5%	11.1%

Sojitz

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Sojitz Gregory Mining Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	216	16.2%	9.1%	33.3%
SOJITZ GREGORY CRINUM PTY LTD	100–249 employees	202	8.4%	21.1%	–

Mitsui & Co.

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Limited	100–249 employees	205	35.6%	19.6%	28.6%
Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd.	100–249 employees	120	40.8%	14.0%	–
Onslow Salt Pty Ltd.	100–249 employees	85	16.5%	0.0%	–

Olympus

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Olympus Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	331	42.3%	35.4%	0.0%

Honda Motor

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Honda Australia Motorcycle And Power Equipment Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	174	29.3%	7.7%	–
Honda Australia Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	152	38.2%	28.3%	–

Mitsubishi Electric

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	318	26.4%	13.5%	–

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	250–499 employees	290	43.1%	20.8%	30.0%

Sony Group

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Sony Australia Limited	100–249 employees	195	35.9%	31.7%	33.3%
Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	94	59.6%	53.3%	16.7%

Mazda Motor

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Mazda Australia Pty. Limited	250–499 employees	279	26.9%	25.9%	12.5%

Mitsubishi Corporation

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	161	36.6%	14.3%	0.0%
Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	111	9.0%	23.1%	–

Makita

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd	250–499 employees	269	25.7%	11.8%	66.7%

Secom

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Secom Australia Pty. Limited	100–249 employees	134	14.2%	40.0%	–
The Trustee For Secom Technical Services	100–249 employees	132	8.3%	9.1%	100.0%

Yokogawa Electric

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Yokogawa Australia Pty Limited	250–499 employees	258	24.0%	23.5%	0.0%

Mitsubishi Motors

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited	100–249 employees	233	29.2%	22.8%	0.0%

Ryohin Keikaku

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
MUJI RETAIL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD	100–249 employees	224	73.2%	69.6%	0.0%

Yamaha Motor

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Yamaha Motor Australia Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	223	24.2%	12.2%	–

Kubota

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Kubota Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	210	28.1%	21.4%	0.0%

SMC

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Smc Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	196	16.3%	7.7%	–

Kyocera

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Kyocera Document Solutions Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	194	28.4%	8.3%	–

NYK Line

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Yusen Logistics (Australia) Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	180	46.1%	20.0%	–

Mizuho Financial Group

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Mizuho Bank Ltd.	100–249 employees	176	41.5%	27.1%	–

Tokio Marine Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Tokio Marine Management (Australasia) Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	160	51.3%	46.5%	–

Panasonic Holdings

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Panasonic Australia Pty Limited	100–249 employees	159	29.6%	21.6%	0.0%

Isuzu Motors

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Isuzu Australia Limited	100–249 employees	153	28.1%	23.6%	–

Seiko Epson

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
EPSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD	100–249 employees	142	31.7%	30.3%	–

Fujitsu General

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Fujitsu General (Aust.) Pty Limited	100–249 employees	142	25.4%	27.0%	–

Sumitomo Corporation

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Summit Rural (WA) Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	121	25.6%	10.0%	–

Yakult Honsha

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Yakult Australia Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	119	26.1%	22.2%	100.0%

Nintendo

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
NINTENDO AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED	100–249 employees	109	51.4%	33.3%	0.0%

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty. Ltd.	100–249 employees	98	74.5%	75.0%	0.0%

Sharp

Employer	Size	Staff	Women in the workforce	Women in management	Men's share of primary carer's leave
Sharp Corporation Of Australia Pty Ltd	100–249 employees	88	20.5%	14.3%	–

Parents are identified from the corporate group each employer reports to WGEA, or, where none is reported, from the employer's name (ownership not separately confirmed). Tell us about a missing or wrong entry at editor@hardestmarket.com.

Women in management counts WGEA's manager categories, from CEO to other managers, in Australia. Japan's equivalent figure counts section chief and above (課長相当職以上), so the two are close but not identical.

Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), public data file, reporting year 2024-25, published on data.gov.au under CC BY 3.0 AU. Figures calculated by The Hardest Market from WGEA's workforce composition and workforce movement tables. Every private employer in Australia with 100 or more staff reports to WGEA each year.