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Career service office

The Career Services Office at Hitotsubashi ICS offers a unique blend of career-related education and skill-building, with distinctly personal service and customized support for your job search.

Meet your job search partners

Naoko KasaiDirector

Naoko Kasai, a graduate of Lancaster University Management School (Masters degree), where she majored in Organisational Learning, is a qualified industrial counselor and nationally-qualified career consultant.
After 15 years working for three investment banks (Barclays, JP Morgan, Macquarie), mainly as an IR professional, in both international and Japanese equities divisions, Naoko switched to the field of Higher Education, initially working as a designated mentor for the MEXT-sponsored special program at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. She then became a higher education career advisor, and has accumulated more than 3000 consultations with both Japanese and international students, mainly from Masters and PhD courses.
In addition to her role as Hitotsubashi ICS Career Services Director, Naoko is a part-time lecturer on Global Career Development Literacy.
Haruna ShiratoriOfficer

Haruna Shiratori, who graduated from George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs, entered the field of International Education at Hitotsubashi University (Kunitachi Campus) in 2016. Prior to joining Hitotsubashi ICS, she worked at trading companies and an active sportswear company as an international marketing and sales, global operations and product development professional in New York, Osaka, and Tokyo. A holder of a Career Consultant Certificate (national qualification),
Haruna moved to Hitotsubashi ICS to pursue her main focus of providing career support for Japanese and international students with global experience.

Graduates facts & Figures

Placement by the numbers

In % of Hitotsubashi ICS 2021 MBA graduates *Exclude YLP students

94

Either placed or received an offer within 3 months of graduation
73

Placed in Japan
52

Placed with Japanese companies
39

Placed with foreign companies
27

Changed all three dimensions: country, function and industry

Hitotsubashi ICS MBA Graduates: Placement, 2011-2021

Financial services
- AIG Japan Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Aon Benfield Japan Ltd.
- Aozora Bank, Ltd.
- APS Asset Management (Japan) Co., Ltd.
- Bank of Brazil
- Dai-ichi Life Holdings
- Eurex Frankfurt AG (Tokyo Office)
- Frontier Securities
- Gearshift Group
- G Three Holdings CORPORATION
- Ichigo, Inc.
- Manulife Investment Management (Taiwan) Limited.
- Merrill Lynch
- Mizuho Financial Group, Ltd
- Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
- Natwest Markets
- Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- ORIX Corporation
- Pimco Japan
- Plentina Lending, Inc.
- SBI BITS Co., Ltd.
- SBI SECURITIES Co.,Ltd.
- Scrubbed.net, LLC.S
- SMBC Nikko Shoken
- Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Ltd.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
- Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
- Tokyo Star Bank, Ltd.
- Wise Payments Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
- YJFX, Inc.
Consulting
- Accenture Japan Ltd
- Aon Hewitt Japan, Ltd.
- The Boston Consulting Group
- BTS Japan K.K.
- Deloitte Tohmatsu Group
- The ERM International Group Limited
- es Networks Co., Ltd.
- EY Japan
- Global Link Management, Inc.
- JCA Holdings
- KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services LLP,
- McKinsey & Company Japan
- Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
- Oliver Wyman
- PM Global
- PwC Japan Group
- Qunie Corporation
- Rise Consulting Group, Inc.
IT, e-Commerce, Cybersecurity
- Amazon Japan K.K
- Asrion Japan Holdings G.K.
- Dassault Systèmes K.K.
- Google Japan
- Japan Computer Services, Inc
- Kakaku.com, Inc.
- Microsoft Japan
- Marine Software
- Murex Asia
- NTT Data Corporation
- Pactera APAC
- Rakuten, Inc.
- SB Cloud Corp.
- SECOM Co., Ltd.
Retail
- Adastria Co.,Ltd
- Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
- Lawson, Inc.
- Mercedes-Benz Japan
- Narumiya International Co., Ltd.
- Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.
- Tell a Tale, Inc.
Manufacturing
- Apple Japan
- ASM Japan K.K.
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Konica Minolta, Inc.
- LIXIL Group Corporation
- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- NS Solutions Corporation
- Philips Japan, Ltd.
- Shimano, Inc.
- Sony (China) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Corporation
- WHILL, Inc.
Food, Tobacco, Consumer and Luxury goods
- Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
- Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
- CTW Inc.
- Japan Tobacco, Inc.
- L’Occitane Japon, K.K.
- LVMH Watch & Jewelry Japan, K.K.
- Phillip Morris Japan, LLC
- Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
- Unilever Japan
Advertising, PR, Market Research, Education
- Benesse Holdings, Inc.
- Cicom Brains, Inc.
- Dentsu, Inc.
- Daishinsƒƒha, Inc.
- Edelman Japan
- Editorial Engineering Laboratory CO., Ltd
- Hitotsubashi University
- MarketShare
- NPD Japan, Ltd.
- RareJob Inc.
- Sumitomo Corporation Global Research Co. Ltd.
- Treasure Data inc.
Chemical, Healthcare, Pharma
- Abbott Japan (Healthcare)
- CMIC Co., Ltd.
- Coloplast Japan (Healthcare)
- Health Solution (Healthcare)
- HOYA Corporation/Pentax Lifecare Division
- IMS Japan
- Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
Real Estate, Resort, Transportation
- Class NK
- CBRE Japan
- GA technologies
- Hoshino Resort, Inc.
- Housebird Corporation
- Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
- RTek Inc.
Other industries
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
- en world Japan K.K.
- Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
- J-Power
- Jera
- Robert Walters
- Shanghai Qianwang Keji Limit. Co.
- Shizen Energy Inc.
- Sojitz Corporation
- White & Case, LLP