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Famous Japanese brands — 16 of Japan’s best

The offices behind Japanese names known around the world — games, cameras, snacks and more.

These companies are known far outside Japan. Their offices show how a Japanese brand with a global name presents itself at home.

CAPCOM — The visitor entrance

01 · Osaka

CAPCOM

The visitor entrance

Capcom’s recruiting site tours two research and development buildings.

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SQUARE ENIX — A motion-capture stage

02 · Shinjuku, Tokyo

SQUARE ENIX

A motion-capture stage

Square Enix works in Shinjuku Eastside Square, a tower joined directly to Higashi-Shinjuku station.

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SEGA SAMMY — The reception area

03 · Osaki, Tokyo

SEGA SAMMY

The reception area

SEGA SAMMY calls its Osaki head office GRAND HARBOR and designed every area around one idea: a harbour at the start of a great journey.

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BANDAI NAMCO — Inside LIVE-RALLY

04 · Tokyo

BANDAI NAMCO

Inside LIVE-RALLY

On the 12th floor of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s head office sits LIVE-RALLY, an in-house coworking space opened in 2019.

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KOEI TECMO — The coral reef at the entrance

05 · Minatomirai, Yokohama

KOEI TECMO

The coral reef at the entrance

KOEI TECMO GAMES built its new headquarters, the KT Building, in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai 21 district and completed it on 24 January 2020, marking ten years since the group’s merger.

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NIKON — The lounge

06 · Nishi-Oi, Tokyo

NIKON

The lounge

Nikon opened a new head office in 2024 and built it on one rule: choose where you work according to what you are doing.

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KIRIN — The 18th floor, where guests are received

07 · Nakano, Tokyo

KIRIN

The 18th floor, where guests are received

Kirin Holdings asked itself a blunt question — if people can work anywhere, what is a head office for?

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Calbee — Reception

08 · Marunouchi, Tokyo

Calbee

Reception

The crisp maker’s head office sits twenty-two floors up in Marunouchi, and the room it is arranged around is called the Patio — an indoor courtyard with trees in it, a long way from any ground.

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MUJI — The open work floor

09 · Tokyo

MUJI

The open work floor

Ryohin Keikaku, the company behind MUJI, moved to a new head office in February 2024.

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Rakuten — Main entrance and lobby

10 · Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo

Rakuten

Main entrance and lobby

Rakuten Crimson House is the group headquarters in Futako-Tamagawa: open desks and video links to fifty offices on the work side; a cafeteria that is free morning, noon and night, a gym, a clinic and a nursery on the life side — all under one roof.

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SoftBank — Reception

11 · Takeshiba, Tokyo

SoftBank

Reception

In September 2020 SoftBank began moving into a new headquarters on the Tokyo waterfront at Takeshiba.

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Mercari — CultureHub, Roppongi Hills 25F–26F

12 · Roppongi, Tokyo

Mercari

CultureHub, Roppongi Hills 25F–26F

In December 2025 Japan’s largest resale marketplace moved two floors up in Roppongi Hills and named the new headquarters CultureHub: an office built to answer one question — when remote work is normal, what is worth coming in for?

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AVEX — The new avex head office

13 · Tokyo

AVEX

The new avex head office

Only a few years after opening its own head-office building in 2017, avex decided to move.

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KADOKAWA — The Tokorozawa Campus office

14 · Tokorozawa, Saitama

KADOKAWA

The Tokorozawa Campus office

In Tokorozawa Sakura Town, KADOKAWA built a single floor of about 9,000 square metres for some 1,000 people.

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KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN — The entrance

15 · Hamamatsucho, Tokyo

KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN

The entrance

Konica Minolta Japan moved head office for the second time in September 2025, and planned the new floor as a row of tenants: each function of the office designed as its own shopfront, so that walking to a meeting takes you past the company’s businesses one after another.

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YANMAR — The spiral stair

16 · Chayamachi, Osaka

YANMAR

The spiral stair

Yanmar built its head office where the company started, in Chayamachi in Osaka.

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Questions

About this collection

Which offices in Japan feature in “Famous Japanese brands”?

WALL has picked 16: CAPCOM (Osaka), SQUARE ENIX (Shinjuku, Tokyo), SEGA SAMMY (Osaki, Tokyo), BANDAI NAMCO (Tokyo), KOEI TECMO (Minatomirai, Yokohama), NIKON (Nishi-Oi, Tokyo), KIRIN (Nakano, Tokyo), Calbee (Marunouchi, Tokyo), MUJI (Tokyo), Rakuten (Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo), SoftBank (Takeshiba, Tokyo), Mercari (Roppongi, Tokyo), AVEX (Tokyo), KADOKAWA (Tokorozawa, Saitama), KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN (Hamamatsucho, Tokyo), YANMAR (Chayamachi, Osaka).

Where in Japan are these offices?

They are spread across 4 places: Tokyo (12), Osaka (2), Yokohama (1), Saitama (1).

Can I visit these offices?

Most are private workplaces and not open to the public. WALL reports on them from the companies’ own published material; each office page links to its source.

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