Recruitment & staffing agency in Tokyo
Pre-vetted candidates. One flat fee, no commission.
Hiring in Tokyo's finance and automotive and manufacturing headquarters market? Our AI agents search our talent pool and 150+ job boards every day, a human recruiter interviews and verifies, and you get a ready-to-hire shortlist. One flat fee, agreed before we start.
Tokyo · Japan
Hiring in Tokyo
- Top sectors
- finance, automotive and manufacturing headquarters and tech and gaming
- Business districts
- Marunouchi and Shibuya
- Time zone
- JST (UTC+9)
- Currency
- JPY (¥)
What a recruitment agency in Tokyo usually costs, and what we do instead
Agencies in Tokyo follow the same model as agencies everywhere: a percentage of salary on placement. Scowter is a recruiting agency run by AI agents and human recruiters at one flat fee, so the price is known before the search starts.
| Typical Tokyo agency | Scowter | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | 15 to 25 percent of first-year salary, more for executive search | One flat fee per role, agreed before we start |
| When you pay | On placement, sometimes a retainer up front | Flat monthly fee while the role is open, no retainer |
| Who does the work | One recruiter working several clients | AI agents search daily, a human recruiter interviews and verifies |
| Where candidates come from | Job ads and the recruiter's own contacts | Our own talent pool first, then 150+ job boards |
| What you receive | CVs to screen yourself | A ready-to-hire shortlist with interview notes, salary and start date |
| After the shortlist | You chase scheduling | We handle scheduling, follow-ups and offer coordination |
140+ pre-vetted candidates already in our pools
We do not start from zero. Every search begins in our own database of verified, actively job-hunting people, then widens to 150+ job boards. Names are hidden here; you see full profiles once we start.
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Data Analyst | Advanced Excel, Power BI
Pune, Maharashtra, India · 2+ yrs
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Senior Software Engineer
15+ yrs
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Customer Services Representative
Owerri West, Nigeria · 2+ yrs
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Founder-Turned-Operator | Strategy, Rese
Noida, India · 8+ yrs
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Business Development & Operations Manage
Łódź, Poland · 5+ yrs
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Software Engineer | Data Engineer
Hyderabad, India · 3+ yrs
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Manager – Strategic Growth
Bhopal, MP, India · 5+ yrs
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Senior Salesforce Developer / Engineer
Bothell, WA, USA · 8+ yrs
Hiring in Tokyo: the local facts we work with
What we check before we send you anyone for a Tokyo role.
Where the employers are
Marunouchi, Shibuya, Roppongi and Shinagawa.
Biggest hiring sectors
finance, automotive and manufacturing headquarters, tech and gaming, trading houses and pharma.
Work permits
Foreign hires need a work visa, often the Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services visa, sponsored through the employer.
Notice periods
One to two months' notice is common in Japan.
How our Tokyo recruiting works, in five steps
Tell us the roles
Job title, must-have skills, location or time zone, salary range. Two minutes.
Search and screen
Our AI searches our own talent pools and 150+ job boards, then screens every CV against your must-haves.
Interview and verify
A recruiter interviews each shortlisted person, checks availability and salary, and verifies the CV.
Get a ready-to-hire shortlist
Profiles with interview notes, salary expectation and start date. You run the final interview.
We handle the rest
Scheduling, reminders, follow-ups and offer coordination, until the person starts.
A recruitment agency for your city, at one flat fee.
Tell us the role and the city. AI agents search our pools and 150+ boards, human recruiters interview and verify, you get a ready-to-hire shortlist.
- Flat fee. No percentage of salary, no retainer.
- Candidates from our own talent pools and 150+ job boards.
- Every CV checked by a human recruiter before you see it.
- Scheduling, follow-ups and offer coordination handled for you.
Recruitment agencies in Tokyo: common questions
How much does a recruitment agency in Tokyo charge?
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Most agencies in Tokyo, like elsewhere, charge a percentage of the first-year salary, usually between 15 and 25 percent for contingency search and more for retained executive search. Scowter charges one flat fee per role instead, agreed before the search starts, so a senior hire costs the same as a junior one.
Which roles are hardest to fill in Tokyo right now?
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Tokyo's biggest hiring sectors are finance, automotive and manufacturing headquarters, tech and gaming, trading houses and pharma, and the senior and specialist roles in those sectors take longest to fill. Tell us the role and we will say honestly what the local market looks like.
Do you have candidates already in Tokyo?
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We start every Tokyo search in our own talent pool, which holds pre-vetted, actively job-hunting people in Japan and worldwide, and then widen to 150+ job boards. Foreign hires need a work visa, often the Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services visa, sponsored through the employer.
How fast can a staffing agency fill a role in Tokyo?
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It depends on the role and the notice periods common in Japan. One to two months' notice is common in Japan. We send the first screened profiles as soon as the human interviews are done and keep going until the seat is filled.
Which companies are hiring the most in Tokyo?
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Employers in finance, automotive and manufacturing headquarters and tech and gaming post the most jobs in Tokyo. Search Tokyo on Scowter to see every company hiring today.
Is Scowter a local Tokyo agency?
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We are a remote-first recruiting team that works Tokyo roles with local market data, candidates in Japan, and interviews in your time zone (JST (UTC+9)). You get a named human recruiter plus AI agents working the search every day, without an office markup.
Recruitment agency in other cities
Hire in Tokyo without the agency commission.
Tell us the role. AI agents start searching tonight, a human recruiter calls the best people, and you get a ready-to-hire shortlist.