Wholesale & retail·Tokyo·1001–5000 employees

Kinokuniya Shoten Co., Ltd.

Japanese name: 株式会社 紀伊國屋書店 · English rendering · Corporate number 4011101005131 · 日本語

Kinokuniya Shoten Co., Ltd. (株式会社 紀伊國屋書店), a wholesale & retail employer in Tokyo with 1001–5000 employees, reports in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's women's-advancement database that 36.8% of its managers are women, women's average pay is 78.6% of men's among regular employees, 33.3% of eligible fathers took childcare leave (as of January 2026).

Women's advancement and leave

Women in management
36.8%
Median, same industry and size: 9.4%
Women among officers
12.5%
Median, same industry and size: 0.0%
Women's pay as % of men's, all
69.7%
Median, same industry and size: 64.8%
Women's pay as % of men's, regular
78.6%
Median, same industry and size: 75.0%
Women's pay as % of men's, non-regular
103.4%
Median, same industry and size: 90.8%
Men taking childcare leave
33.3%
Employment category not stated, so not comparable with other employers.

The pay figures compare women's average pay with men's, not pay for the same job. Data as of January 2026.

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Questions this page answers

What share of managers are women at Kinokuniya Shoten Co., Ltd.?
36.8%, as reported to MHLW's women's-advancement database (as of January 2026).
What is the gender pay gap at Kinokuniya Shoten Co., Ltd.?
Women's average pay as a percentage of men's: 69.7% across all employees, 78.6% among regular employees, 103.4% among non-regular employees. This compares average pay, not pay for the same job.
How many fathers take childcare leave at Kinokuniya Shoten Co., Ltd.?
33.3% of eligible men took childcare leave.

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Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, women's-advancement database (open data), as of 2026-10-06; figures are self-reported by each employer and checked for plausibility by The Hardest Market. 女性の活躍推進企業データベースオープンデータ(2026年10月6日時点)を加工して作成.