United Kingdom

Japanese companies in the UK

60 groups, 94 employers. Their median pay gap: 12.6%, against 8.0% for all UK employers.

Hitachi

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Hitachi Energy UK Limited	500 to 999 staff	12.3%	24.0%	20.0%
Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited	500 to 999 staff	16.2%	22.4%	14.0%
Hitachi Rail Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	10.7%	-63.3%	12.0%
Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd	250 to 499 staff	12.8%	30.2%	19.6%
Hitachi Vantara Limited	250 to 499 staff	11.7%	12.9%	11.1%

NTT

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
NTT Data Business Solutions Limited	500 to 999 staff	18.0%	27.0%	15.0%
NTT Data Services UK Limited	Less than 250 staff	11.1%	43.0%	10.3%
NTT Data UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	15.4%	29.2%	16.8%
NTT Ltd Group Services United Kingdom Limited	250 to 499 staff	15.0%	28.0%	25.8%
NTT United Kingdom Limited	250 to 499 staff	27.0%	58.0%	21.9%

Sony Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Sony Europe B.V.	250 to 499 staff	11.5%	25.1%	26.3%
Sony Europe Limited	250 to 499 staff	12.0%	22.6%	31.1%
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	10.5%	16.5%	19.4%
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	11.2%	26.7%	52.3%
Sony UK Technology Centre Limited	250 to 499 staff	9.3%	0.0%	28.0%

Fujifilm Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	9.2%	0.0%	39.0%
Fujifilm Healthcare UK Limited	Less than 250 staff	23.0%	41.0%	22.0%
Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems Limited	Less than 250 staff	8.0%	13.0%	18.0%
Fujifilm UK Limited	Less than 250 staff	24.0%	33.0%	14.0%

Canon

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Canon (UK) Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	0.6%	14.8%	30.8%
Canon Europe Limited	500 to 999 staff	14.1%	18.4%	25.7%
Canon Medical Systems Limited	250 to 499 staff	2.5%	0.0%	25.8%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
MUFG Bank, LTD.	1000 to 4999 staff	21.4%	26.3%	27.7%
MUFG Corporate Markets (UK) Limited	250 to 499 staff	16.0%	13.9%	39.0%
MUFG Securities EMEA PLC	500 to 999 staff	16.7%	17.4%	22.1%

Mizuho Financial Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Mizuho Bank, LTD.	Less than 250 staff	23.5%	48.8%	26.1%
Mizuho EMEA Corporate Services Limited	500 to 999 staff	23.7%	24.0%	28.6%
Mizuho International PLC	250 to 499 staff	42.8%	49.4%	12.5%

Nippon Sheet Glass

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Pilkington Automotive Limited	250 to 499 staff	-25.3%	4.9%	23.4%
Pilkington Technology Management Limited	250 to 499 staff	24.8%	15.1%	11.9%
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited	500 to 999 staff	17.3%	25.1%	8.6%

Ricoh

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Ricoh Europe PLC	500 to 999 staff	8.1%	24.5%	24.5%
Ricoh UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	15.7%	-43.4%	21.6%
Ricoh UK Products Limited	250 to 499 staff	6.0%	9.0%	14.5%

Seiko Epson

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Epson (U.K.) Limited	Less than 250 staff	20.2%	6.5%	30.8%
Epson Europe B.V.	250 to 499 staff	11.7%	10.7%	34.4%
Epson Telford Limited	250 to 499 staff	4.4%	0.0%	16.5%

Toyota Motor

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC	250 to 499 staff	32.0%	40.0%	33.0%
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	4.2%	4.2%	7.4%
Toyota(G.B.) PLC	250 to 499 staff	20.2%	35.4%	29.0%

Denso

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Denso Manufacturing UK LTD.	500 to 999 staff	8.7%	20.0%	13.2%
Denso Marston Ltd	500 to 999 staff	12.3%	-53.6%	6.1%

Dentsu Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Dentsu International Limited	250 to 499 staff	11.7%	39.5%	51.5%
Dentsu UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	16.7%	28.1%	38.6%

Mitsubishi Electric

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning Systems Europe LTD.	1000 to 4999 staff	9.1%	0.7%	22.2%
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.	500 to 999 staff	28.8%	44.0%	21.9%

MS&AD Insurance Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Management Limited	500 to 999 staff	25.0%	39.0%	23.0%
MS Amlin Corporate Services Limited	500 to 999 staff	21.9%	31.3%	30.9%

Suntory Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Beam Suntory UK Limited	500 to 999 staff	20.4%	-38.3%	41.1%
Lucozade Ribena Suntory Limited	500 to 999 staff	-18.0%	-54.0%	43.0%

Asahi Group Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Asahi UK Ltd	500 to 999 staff	-8.6%	-59.3%	35.3%

Astellas Pharma

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Astellas Pharma Europe LTD.	500 to 999 staff	11.5%	23.6%	45.5%

Bandai Namco Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Bandai Namco Amusement Europe Limited	500 to 999 staff	28.7%	9.9%	29.0%

Calbee

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Calbee Group (UK) Ltd	250 to 499 staff	3.6%	0.0%	31.0%

Daikin Industries

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Daikin Airconditioning UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	26.0%	30.0%	19.2%

Daiwa Securities Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited	250 to 499 staff	28.2%	58.8%	21.3%

Fast Retailing

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Uniqlo Europe Ltd	1000 to 4999 staff	-0.1%	-1.8%	64.6%

Fujitsu

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Fujitsu Services Limited	5000 to 19,999 staff	9.1%	9.9%	19.1%

Hitachi Construction Machinery

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited	250 to 499 staff	19.5%	66.2%	5.0%

Honda Motor

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Honda Motor Europe Limited	250 to 499 staff	10.5%	0.0%	31.4%

Horiba

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Horiba Mira Limited	500 to 999 staff	12.0%	9.0%	11.5%

Japan Tobacco

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Gallaher Limited	500 to 999 staff	0.5%	5.4%	47.8%

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Kawasaki Precision Machinery (UK) Limited	Less than 250 staff	6.5%	–	10.5%

Komatsu

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Komatsu UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	-6.5%	-457.6%	11.8%

Konica Minolta

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Limited	500 to 999 staff	2.8%	-11.8%	29.0%

Kyocera

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Kyocera Document Solutions (U.K.) Limited	250 to 499 staff	2.2%	-122.4%	15.6%

Makita

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Makita Manufacturing Europe Limited	250 to 499 staff	0.7%	0.0%	33.8%

MinebeaMitsumi

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
NMB-Minebea UK Ltd	250 to 499 staff	-2.6%	0.0%	25.0%

Mitsubishi Chemical Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	9.6%	41.4%	18.0%

Mitsubishi HC Capital

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC	1000 to 4999 staff	31.0%	38.0%	31.3%

NEC

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
NEC Software Solutions UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	37.0%	-14.0%	28.0%

Nidec

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Nidec Control Techniques Limited	500 to 999 staff	24.0%	23.0%	19.0%

Nifco

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Nifco UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	4.9%	0.0%	7.2%

Nissan Motor

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited	5000 to 19,999 staff	-23.1%	27.0%	14.5%

Nomura Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Nomura International PLC	1000 to 4999 staff	23.6%	40.6%	15.2%

NSK

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
NSK Europe Limited	500 to 999 staff	9.7%	12.0%	25.5%

NYK Line

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Yusen Logistics (UK) Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	11.9%	11.3%	34.0%

Panasonic Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Panasonic Manufacturing U.K. LTD.	Less than 250 staff	17.0%	-29.0%	12.0%

Recruit Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Indeed UK Operations Limited	250 to 499 staff	10.0%	9.7%	32.4%

Renesas Electronics

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Renesas Design (UK) Limited	250 to 499 staff	17.2%	20.3%	19.0%

Sega Sammy Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Sega Europe Limited	Less than 250 staff	7.3%	-11.8%	37.3%

Sharp

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Sharp Business Systems UK PLC	250 to 499 staff	17.8%	73.7%	16.4%

Shiseido

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Shiseido UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	33.0%	40.0%	90.0%

SMC

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
SMC Corporation (U.K.) Limited	250 to 499 staff	30.0%	59.0%	7.0%

SoftBank Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Arm Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	17.4%	40.8%	11.6%

Square Enix Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Square Enix Limited	250 to 499 staff	20.8%	23.8%	28.2%

Sumitomo Electric Industries

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems (Europe) Limited	Less than 250 staff	13.3%	53.7%	15.0%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
SMBC Bank International PLC	1000 to 4999 staff	22.7%	40.7%	27.6%

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited	250 to 499 staff	22.7%	18.1%	24.2%

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Takeda UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	8.8%	26.8%	56.0%

TDK

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
TDK-Lambda UK Limited	250 to 499 staff	14.9%	0.0%	10.3%

Tokio Marine Holdings

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Tokio Marine Kiln Insurance Services Limited	500 to 999 staff	17.2%	17.0%	37.4%

Toyota Industries

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Toyota Material Handling UK Limited	1000 to 4999 staff	13.0%	72.0%	14.0%

Unipres

Employer	Size	Median hourly pay gap	Median bonus gap	Women in the top pay quartile
Unipres (UK) Limited	500 to 999 staff	-3.0%	–	7.4%

The UK data records no parent company, so Japanese ownership is identified by name; each entry is a subsidiary of the named Japanese group. Tell us about a missing or wrong entry at editor@hardestmarket.com.

Source: UK Gender Pay Gap Service, 2025-26 reports (open data, Open Government Licence v3.0). Every employer with 250 or more staff reports its gender pay gap each year. Compiled by The Hardest Market.