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Manufacturing hub

Tokyo layoffs, tracked in full.

Tokyo has seen 4K job cuts across 8 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.5% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
4K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
7
active + historical
Rounds
8
total events
Top industry
Manufacturing
93% of cuts
Global city rank
#27
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
4K
Across 8 roundsRank #27
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
7
across 3 industriesManufacturing leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#27
0.5% of global totalof 200 cities
By industry · Tokyo· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Manufacturing
1 ROUNDS
93% of Tokyo cuts
4,000
PEOPLE
Media & Entertainment
3 ROUNDS
5%
205
PEOPLE
Consumer Apps
2 ROUNDS
2%
80
PEOPLE
Top companies · Tokyo

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Toshiba
MANUFACTURING · 1 ROUNDS
4,000
#02
SmartNews
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 1 ROUNDS
120
#03
Crunchyroll
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 2 ROUNDS
85
#04
Cookpad
CONSUMER APPS · 1 ROUNDS
80
#05
ALI Technologies
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
—
#06
Trend Micro
CYBERSECURITY · 1 ROUNDS
—
#07
NetEase
CONSUMER APPS · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Tokyo· Latest

The latest Tokyo layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
C
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll Layoffs — 2025-08-12
Tokyo ·
—
thewrap.com ↗
Low
N
NetEase
NetEase Layoffs — 2025-02-22
Tokyo ·
—
techinasia.com ↗
Severe
T
Toshiba
Toshiba Layoffs — 2024-05-16
Tokyo ·
4,000
reuters.com ↗
Severe
AT
ALI Technologies
ALI Technologies Layoffs — 2024-01-16
Tokyo ·
—
bbc.com ↗
Low
TM
Trend Micro
Trend Micro Layoffs — 2024-01-09
Tokyo ·
—
cnbc.com ↗
Low
C
Cookpad
Cookpad Layoffs — 2023-03-10
Tokyo ·
80
nikkei.com ↗
Low
C
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll Layoffs — 2023-02-21
Tokyo ·
85
animenewsnetwork.com ↗
Severe
S
SmartNews
SmartNews Layoffs — 2023-01-12
Tokyo ·
120
techcrunch.com ↗
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