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Postgraduate employment and education status of academic year 2010 graduates
(update:2011/05/24)

Employment Graduate schools in Japan Graduate schools in outside of Japan Colleges and Universities in Japan Others
66.7% 10.3% 5.1% 0.8% 17.1%

Occupational status of employed academic year 2010 graduates
(update:2011/05/24)

Manufacturing 23.5%
Commerce 18.7%
Finance 18.0%
Consulting and Other Professional Services 7.3%
Information and communications 9.1%
Transport and travel 5.6%
Civil Servants, Educational Institution and Teachers 4.8%
Media 3.8%
Real Estate and Construction 2.0%
Other Occupations 7.2%

Ranking of companies that employed academic year 2010 graduates (Top 10)
(update:2011/05/24)

Ranking Companies Number
1 The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. 10
2 Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. 7
2 Rakuten, Inc. 7
4 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 6
5 Sumitomo Corporation 5
5 Mitsubishi Corporation 5
7 FUJITSU LIMITED 4
7 UNIQLO CO., LTD. 4
9 Shiseido Company, Limited 3
9 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. 3
9 NEC Corporation 3
9 Panasonic Corporation 3
9 Suzuki Motor Corporation 3
9 MITSUI & CO., LTD. 3
9 ITOCHU Corporation 3
9 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 3
9 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (Tokyo Br.) 3
9 Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. 3
9 NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 3

Major companies recruiting SILS graduates

- past four years - (update:2011/05/30)

Manufacturing
adidas Japan K.K. Komatsu Ltd. PIONEER CORPORATION
ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA, LTD. SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Asahi Kasei Corporation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Astellas Pharma Inc. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Sharp Corporation
BASF Japan Ltd. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Shiseido Company, Limited
Benesse Corporation Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Calbee Foods Co., Ltd. NAGATANIEN Co., Ltd. Sony Corporation
Canon Inc. NEC Corporation SUMISHO STEEL CORPORATION
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. Nifco Inc. Suntory Holdings Limited
Daimler Japan, Ltd. NIKON CORPORATION. Suzuki Motor Corporation
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Nintendo Co., Ltd. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
DENSO CORPORATION Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd TERUMO CORPORATION
FUJIFILM Corporation NIPPON OIL CORPORATION Texas Instruments Japan Limited
FUJITSU LIMITED Nippon Steel Corporation The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G)
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Tokyo Style Co., Ltd.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS. Co., LTD TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
Hitachi, Ltd. Novartis Pharma K.K. Toray Industries, Inc.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Oji paper Co., Ltd. TOSHIBA CORPORATION
IBM Japan, Ltd. Olympus Corporation TOSTEM CORPORATION
IHI Corporation OMRON Corporation TOTO LTD.
Kao Corporation Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Panasonic Corporation YAMAHA CORPORATION
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Pfizer Japan Inc. YKK Corporation
Commerce
Bosch Corporation Johnson & Johnson K.K. Samsung Japan Corporation
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO JAPAN LNG JAPAN CORPORATION Sojitz Corporation
Canon Marketing Japan Inc. Marubeni Corporation Sumitomo Corporation
Hanwa Co., LTD. Mitsubishi Corporation Sumitomo Corporation Korea Limited
Intel Corporation MITSUI & CO., LTD. Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
ITOCHU Corporation Nihon Unisys, Ltd. UNIQLO CO., LTD.
Finance and Insurance
American Life Insurance Company Japan Finance Corporation Seven Bank, Ltd.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Japan Post Bank Company Limited SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
Bank of Japan JAPAN POST INSURANCE CO., Ltd. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Barclays Capital Japan Limited JP Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Limited Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Citibank Japan Ltd. Merill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. The Norinchukin Bank
Deutsche Bank Group in Japan Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, Limited
Deutsche Securities Inc. Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Resona Bank, Ltd.  
Consulting and Other Professional Services
ABeam Consulting Ltd. Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co.,Ltd Nagashima Ohno Tsunematsu
Accenture Japan Ltd. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Hong Kong) Nishimura Asahi
Anderson Mori Tomotsune Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Japan Group) Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Aon Consulting Japan, Ltd. Edelman Japan KK OH-EBASHI LPC PARTNERS.
Avex Group Holdings Inc. Ernst Young Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd. SBI Holdings, Inc.
Baker McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) KPMG AZSA Co. SHIKI THEATRE COMPANY.
BearingPoint Inc. KPMG China Simplex Technology, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P. Kuroda Law Offices Kuroda Patent Offices The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. LowendalMasaï K.K. TMI Associates
Information and Communications
Apple Inc. NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp.
Google, Inc. NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION Works Applications Co., Ltd.
KDDI CORPORATION NTT Communications Corporation Yahoo Japan Corporation
Internet Initiative Inc. NTT DOCOMO, Inc.  
McAfee Co., Ltd. Rakuten, Inc.  
Transport and Travel
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. NIPPON EXPRESS CO., LTD.
Central Japan Railway Company JTB Business World Tokyo Corp. NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA(NYK LINE)
DHL Japan, Inc. Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
East Japan Railway Company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" LINE) West Japan Railway Company
Emirates Airline Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
H.I.S. Co., Ltd. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.  
Civil Servants, Educational Institutions and Teachers
AEON Corporation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Level Ⅰ) Tokai University Hospital
Chiba University Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Level Ⅱ) Tokyo Institute of Technology
ECC Co., Ltd. National Public Employees (Level Ⅰ) Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Metropolitan Police Department National Public Employees (Level Ⅱ) Tokyo University of Agricultural
Ministry of Defense of Japan Shizuoka Prefecture Waseda University
Ministry of Defense of Japan(Japan Self Defense Forces) The University of Tokyo Yamanashi Prefecture
Media
ASATSU-DK INC. NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Toho Co., Ltd.
Benesse Corporation Nikkei Inc. TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM TELEVISION, INC.
DENTSU INC. NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION TOKYO FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Fuji Television Network, Inc The Asahi Shimbun Company TV Asahi Corporation
HAKUHODO Incorporated THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS USEN CORPORATION
Kodansha Ltd. The Yomiuri Shimbun  
Kyodo News TOEI ANIMATION CO., LTD.  
Real Estate and Construction
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Mori Building Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. Pana Home Corporation Taisei Corporation
Other Occupations
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Takashimaya Company, Limited
Kandenko Co., Ltd. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) The Japan Gas Association
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. NEW OTANI CO., LTD.. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Nippon Hilton Co., Ltd. (Hilton Tokyo) Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Park Tower Hotel Co., Ltd.