Comme ça du Japon

A ranking of the most wanted companies by future japanese graduates is published by several organisations. Remember that academic and financial years start in April in Japan. The results below are from one of these studies and it was made by 日本経済新聞社 (NiHonKeiZaiShinBunSha) “the japanese economy journal publisher (aka Nikkei Business)” between october and december 2005. About 4600 students were asked their 就職希望 (ShûShoku KiBô) “job wishes”.

Travelling, kimi wo….

At the top 3 of the general ranking, you can find サントリー (SaNToRi-) “Suntory” (mostly known for their beverage), 全日本空輸 (Zen NipPon KuYû) “All nippon airways” and トヨタ自動車 (JiDôSha) “Toyota Automobiles”. There is no change for the two first places. Toyota has won one place compared to last year’s ranking. Another interesting fact is that JTB and 日本航空 (NiHonKôKû) “Japan Airlines (JAL)” have fallen down to the fifth and eight places. For JAL, it is certainly a consequence to the recent numerous troubles that shaked the whole company : lots of technical problems on the airplanes and some tension inside the company.

Great jump for some financial institutions

This is clearly a sign that Japan’s financial fiasco is a thing of the past. Groups like 三菱東京UFJ銀行 (MitsuBishi TôKô UFJ GinKô) “The Tôkyô UFJ-Mitsubishi Bank” or みずほフィナンシャルグループ (MiZuHo FiNaNShaRu GuRu-Pu) “Mizuho financial” made an impressive jump from ranks 23rd and 28th to ranks 7th and 8th.

Ranking by graduate school students only

If we only consider the answers of 大学院生 (DaiGakuInSei) “graduate school students”, the ranking is a little bit different with トヨタ (ToYoTa) “Toyota”, 日立製作所 (HiTachi SeiSaku Jo) “Hitachi manufacturing”, 松下電器産業 (MatsuShita DenKi SanGyô) “Matsushita (Panasonic) electric appliances industries”, サントリー (SaNToRi-) “Suntory” and キヤノン (KyaNoN) “Canon” in the top 5.

For which reason ?

To the question “Explain the main reason that motivated your decision”, the principal answer was 仕事がおもしろそう (ShiGoto Ga OMoShiRoSô) “the job seems interesting”. The other main reasons were : 大規模 (DaiKiBo) “large scale”, 一流 (IchiRyû) “first-rate” and 信頼 (ShinRai) “trust”.