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Top 24 Pharmaceutical companies with research facilities based in Japan

RevenueBase identified 80 pharmaceutical companies with research facilities headquartered in Japan as of September 2026 and tracks 16,706 professional contacts across them, including 5,185 with verified work emails. Tokyo is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceutical companies with research facilities headquartered in Japan, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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5,185Verified emails
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The 24 largest pharmaceutical companies with research facilities based in Japan

Ranked by team size
Top 24 of 80 pharmaceutical companies with research facilities based in Japan, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceutical companies with research facilities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChuo-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+6,426 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Astellas is a global life sciences company committed to turning innovative science into VALUE for patients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceTokyo, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+1,491 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Daiichi Sankyo is an innovative global healthcare company contributing to the sustainable development of society that discovers, develops, and delivers new standards of care to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Strong evidenceChuo-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000816 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo, is a research-based pharmaceutical company with world-class drug discovery capabilities, including proprietary antibody…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBunkyo-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000494 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eisai’s Corporate Concept is “to give first thought to patients and people in the daily living domain, and to increase the benefits that health care provides.” Under this Concept…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000418 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Philosophy The purpose of the Shionogi Group's corporate activities is, as expressed in the opening of its Company Policy, to "supply the best possible medicine to protect the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000339 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Partial evidenceOsaka, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000251 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd is a multinational company with a history of over 120 years, renowned for its fast-moving consumer goods and OTC drugs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000191 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Indirect evidence大阪市中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000184 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“This is the official company page of Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Indirect evidence新宿区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000143 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceKadoma, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000122 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in Osaka in 1951, for over 70 years we have been dedicated to research, develop, manufacture, and distribute generic medicines to fulfill our Ikigai: Contribute to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Partial evidence中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,00057 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PPD2015CROPPDPPD1985202112Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.“Thermo Fisher”4735 Awards -Top Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Services Provider in APAC 2023 (Awarded by Pharma Tech…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidence新宿区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,00047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidence目黒区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceNakaniikawa-gun, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fuji Chemical Industries is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Toyama, Japan, founded in 1946 and proudly celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidence鳥栖市, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Partial evidence江東区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“is a pharmaceuticals company based out of, Japan.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Indirect evidence港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Strong evidenceJapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,00013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As a specialized company dedicated to ophthalmology, Santen carries out research, development, marketing, and sales of pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products, and medical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMinato-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to Axcelead, Inc, Japan’s premier integrated drug discovery solution provider.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Indirect evidenceNagoya-shi, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our company is a biotech venture established under the founder's philosophy of “Innovative New Drugs to the World from Japan.””

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Indirect evidence中央区, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-5006 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Indirect evidence府中市宮町, JapanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Pharmaceutical companies with research facilities based in Japan at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
31.0%Verified-email coverage
208.8Average contacts per company
201-500Median size (employees)
10.0%Largest-city concentration · Tokyo
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
13
11-50
16
51-200
8
201-500
11
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
23
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Japan, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Japan, over 80 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among pharmaceutical companies with research facilities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Japan whose own description of what they do matches “pharmaceutical companies with research facilities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names pharmaceutical companies with research facilities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among pharmaceutical companies with research facilities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Japan are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,185 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names pharmaceutical companies with research facilities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many pharmaceutical companies with research facilities are there based in Japan?

RevenueBase identified 80 pharmaceutical companies with research facilities headquartered in Japan as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Astellas Pharma, headquartered in Tokyo, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most pharmaceutical companies with research facilities?

Tokyo leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Osaka (6) and Jing (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,185 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 80 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.