France

Japanese companies in France

40 companies with 251+ staff. Median index 88, against 90 for all companies.

Ajinomoto

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Ajinomoto Foods Europe	251–999 staff	90	78
Ajinomoto Frozen Foods France	251–999 staff	96	98

Canon

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Canon Bretagne	251–999 staff	93	92
Canon France	251–999 staff	91	90

Daikin Industries

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Daikin Airconditioning France	251–999 staff	93	86

Dentsu Group

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Dentsu France	251–999 staff	97	95

Fast Retailing

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Uniqlo Europe LTD	1,000+ staff	93	93

Fujifilm Holdings

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Fujifilm Healthcare France SAS	251–999 staff	86	89

Hitachi

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Hitachi Rail Gts France SAS	251–999 staff	66	87
Hitachi Rail Rcs France SAS	251–999 staff	89	89

Horiba

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Horiba Abx SAS	251–999 staff	85	90
Horiba France SAS	251–999 staff	84	84

JTEKT

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Jtekt Europe	1,000+ staff	86	85

Keyence

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Keyence (France) SAS	251–999 staff	85	83

Konica Minolta

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Konica Minolta Business Solutions France	1,000+ staff	92	87

Kubota

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Kubota Europe	251–999 staff	85	85

MinebeaMitsumi

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Minebea Accesssolutions France	251–999 staff	45	–

Mitsubishi Electric

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.	251–999 staff	91	92

Murata Manufacturing

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Murata Integrated Passive Solutions	251–999 staff	92	92

Nidec

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Moteurs Leroy Somer	1,000+ staff	88	87
Nidec Asi	251–999 staff	85	88

Nissan Motor

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Nissan Automotive Europe	251–999 staff	88	84

NTN

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
NTN Europe	1,000+ staff	87	87
NTN Transmissions Europe	251–999 staff	92	93

NTT

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
NTT France	251–999 staff	68	85

NYK Line

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Yusen Logistics (France)	251–999 staff	92	90

Olympus

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Olympus France	251–999 staff	92	92

Ricoh

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Ricoh France	1,000+ staff	89	92
Ricoh Industrie France	251–999 staff	85	85

Sharp

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Sharp Business Systems France	251–999 staff	93	89

Shiseido

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Beaute Prestige International	251–999 staff	88	78
Shiseido International France	251–999 staff	91	96

SoftBank Group

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
ARM France	251–999 staff	84	78

Suntory Holdings

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Orangina Schweppes France	251–999 staff	91	95
Orangina Suntory France Production	251–999 staff	84	94

Toyota Boshoku

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Toyota Boshoku Somain	251–999 staff	87	87

Toyota Industries

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Toyota Material Handling France	1,000+ staff	89	84
Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing France	251–999 staff	88	88

Toyota Motor

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Toyota Motor Manufacturing France	1,000+ staff	73	88

Yamaha Motor

Company	Size	Gender equality index	Last year
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Europe	251–999 staff	73	98

The published data records no parent company, so Japanese ownership is identified by name. Tell us about a missing or wrong entry at editor@hardestmarket.com.

Source: French Ministry of Labour, gender equality index (Index Egapro), 2025 (egapro.travail.gouv.fr). Every company with 50 or more staff must publish its index (out of 100) each year; below 75 it must take corrective measures. Compiled by The Hardest Market.