100 Best Business schools in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 6.15M citations received by 483K academic papers made by 394 universities in Japan was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Tokyo

For Business

#9 in Asia

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Business

#20 in Asia

#148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Osaka University

For Business

#42 in Asia

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Business

#52 in Asia

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Tohoku University

For Business

#71 in Asia

#380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

6. Keio University

For Business

#75 in Asia

#400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 33,518
Founded: 1858

7. Nagoya University

For Business

#81 in Asia

#421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#82 in Asia

#424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

9. Waseda University

For Business

#85 in Asia

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Business

#97 in Asia

#472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Business

#122 in Asia

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

12. Kobe University

For Business

#127 in Asia

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Business

#133 in Asia

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Business

#162 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,768
Founded: 1881

15. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Business

#163 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

16. Osaka Prefecture University

For Business

#210 in Asia

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#222 in Asia

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#226 in Asia

#931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

19. Ritsumeikan University

For Business

#232 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

20. Chiba University

For Business

#258 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

21. University of Electro-Communications

For Business

#259 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

22. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#264 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

23. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Business

#288 in Asia

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

24. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#290 in Asia

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

25. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#306 in Asia

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

26. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Business

#315 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Founded: 1949

27. Nihon University

For Business

#320 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Founded: 1889

28. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#328 in Asia

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

29. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Business

#344 in Asia

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

30. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#396 in Asia

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

31. Tokyo Denki University

For Business

#416 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Founded: 1907

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Business

#421 in Asia

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Business

#422 in Asia

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Meiji University

For Business

#427 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

35. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#459 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Business

#462 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Doshisha University

For Business

#480 in Asia

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Founded: 1920

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Business

#487 in Asia

#1554 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Hosei University

For Business

#492 in Asia

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

40. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Business

#501 in Asia

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

41. Tokai University

For Business

#521 in Asia

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

42. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Business

#540 in Asia

#1679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

43. Ibaraki University

For Business

#546 in Asia

#1697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Business

#553 in Asia

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,068
Founded: 1922

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Business

#555 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. Saga University

For Business

#566 in Asia

#1735 in the World

Founded: 1949

47. Gifu University

For Business

#568 in Asia

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Founded: 1949

48. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Business

#570 in Asia

#1749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

49. Osaka City University

For Business

#579 in Asia

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

50. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Business

#586 in Asia

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

51. Sophia University

For Business

#587 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

52. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Business

#593 in Asia

#1787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

53. Kansai University

For Business

#604 in Asia

#1810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

54. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#618 in Asia

#1833 in the World

Founded: 2001

55. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Business

#626 in Asia

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

56. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Business

#629 in Asia

#1864 in the World

Founded: 2003

57. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Business

#630 in Asia

#1871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

58. Mie University

For Business

#672 in Asia

#1967 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

59. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Business

#674 in Asia

#1969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

60. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Business

#697 in Asia

#2006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

61. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Business

#705 in Asia

#2026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

62. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Business

#732 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

63. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Business

#743 in Asia

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

64. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Business

#757 in Asia

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

65. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Business

#760 in Asia

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

66. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Business

#771 in Asia

#2151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

67. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Business

#797 in Asia

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

68. University of Toyama

For Business

#808 in Asia

#2238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,208
Founded: 1975

69. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#823 in Asia

#2266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

70. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Business

#832 in Asia

#2289 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

71. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#842 in Asia

#2315 in the World

Founded: 1934

72. Nagoya City University

For Business

#843 in Asia

#2317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

73. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Business

#855 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Founded: 1942

74. Osaka University of Economics

For Business

#885 in Asia

#2394 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

75. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Business

#886 in Asia

#2396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

76. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Business

#887 in Asia

#2397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

77. Rikkyo University

For Business

#889 in Asia

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

78. Meijo University

For Business

#925 in Asia

#2477 in the World

Founded: 1926

79. Shimane University

For Business

#930 in Asia

#2490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

80. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Business

#937 in Asia

#2498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

81. Toyo University

For Business

#954 in Asia

#2539 in the World

Founded: 1887

82. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Business

#966 in Asia

#2571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

83. Teikyo University

For Business

#978 in Asia

#2595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

84. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Business

#986 in Asia

#2607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#996 in Asia

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

86. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Business

#1002 in Asia

#2639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

87. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Business

#1009 in Asia

#2648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

88. University of Hyogo

For Business

#1010 in Asia

#2649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

89. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#1017 in Asia

#2664 in the World

Founded: 1978

90. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Business

#1053 in Asia

#2744 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

91. Toho University

For Business

#1057 in Asia

#2750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

92. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#1063 in Asia

#2763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

93. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Business

#1065 in Asia

#2768 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

94. Juntendo University

For Business

#1067 in Asia

#2773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

95. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#1071 in Asia

#2780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

96. University of Yamanashi

For Business

#1072 in Asia

#2784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

97. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Business

#1077 in Asia

#2795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

98. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#1099 in Asia

#2842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

99. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#1108 in Asia

#2857 in the World

Founded: 1963

100. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Business

#1121 in Asia

#2888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

The best cities to study Business in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Suita, and Sendai.