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Top 25 Worst Companies in Japan

Identify the lowest-scoring most renowned companies in Japan. Understand where critical cyber risk exposure exists in this country. 148 companies scored.

242
Companies in Japan
148
Scored
754.4
Avg Score
70
Cyber Incidents
Bottom 25
Shown

Japan Cybersecurity Risk Assessment - Lowest-Scoring Companies in 2026

Out of 242 companies in Japan monitored by Rankiteo, this page highlights the Bottom 25 organizations with the weakest cybersecurity posture. These rankings are based on our proprietary Cyber Resilience Score, which integrates time-decayed incident exposure, sector-sensitive impact analysis, and market-cap-aware baseline and dampening to produce a single, interpretable score between 100 and 1,000.

Companies at the bottom of this ranking carry the heaviest accumulated cyber incident burden - including recent or severe ransomware attacks, data breaches with significant financial losses or records exposed, and repeated disclosure events. Understanding where these risk concentrations exist is essential for supply chain risk management, regulatory compliance, and competitive benchmarking within Japan.

The current average score for the most notable companies in Japan is 754.4 out of 1,000. Companies shown below score significantly lower than this average, falling far behind a country that generally maintains reasonable security standards.

Risk Highlights

737
Lowest Score
754.4
Country Average
9%
Scoring B or Below
70
Recorded Incidents

Score Distribution

Aaa
0 (0.0%)
Aa
0 (0.0%)
A
23 (15.5%)
Baa
96 (64.9%)
Ba
15 (10.1%)
B
4 (2.7%)
Caa
6 (4.1%)
Ca
2 (1.4%)
C
2 (1.4%)
#CompanyLabelScoreBandIncidentsScore Bar
1
Nissan Motor Corporationnissan-global.com
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing188C11
2
Nikkei Asianikkei.com
Newspaper Publishers512C1
3
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.kawasaki.com
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing577Ca1
4
Japan Airlinesjal.com
Air Transportation584Ca3
5
SonyAIai.sony
Scientific Research and Development Services619Caa1
6
The Japan Timesjapantimes.co.jp
Newspaper Publishers619Caa1
7
Sonysony.com
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation621Caa6
8
Mazda Motor Corporationmazda.com
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing634Caa3
9
Kintetsu World Expresskwe.com
Transportation and Warehousing640Caa2
10
NTT DOCOMO BUSINESSntt.com
Computer Systems Design and Related Services646Caa2
11
KDDI Corporationkddi.com
Telecommunications663B1
12
Nidec Corporation Globalnidec.com
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing667B1
13
dentsubit.ly
Marketing Consulting Services681B2
14
KYB Corporationkyb.co.jp
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing690B1
15
NTT DOCOMOne.jp
Telecommunications701Ba1
16
Eisai Co., Ltd.eisai.com
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing702Ba1
17
SoftBanksoftbank.jp
Computer Systems Design and Related Services704Ba1
18
Capcomcapcom.com
Software Publishers705Ba2
19
Toyota Financial Services Corporationtfsc.jp
Finance and Insurance706Ba4
20
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.yamaha-motor.com
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing710Ba1
21
AGC Groupagc.com
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing717Ba1
22
JSPjsp.com
Plastics Product Manufacturing722Ba1
23
LY Corporationlycorp.co.jp
Software Publishers723Ba1
24
KONICA MINOLTA, INC.konicaminolta.com
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing736Ba1
25
NYK Linenyk.com
Water Transportation737Ba1

How Cyber Risk Scores Are Calculated

Rankiteo's Cyber Resilience Score produces a single value between 100 and 1,000 for each organization, where higher scores indicate lower estimated cyber risk. The framework integrates three principal components that together balance evidence, context, and comparability across industries and company sizes. Learn more in our AI Cyber Score methodology.

Understanding the Risk Bands

Each score maps to a letter-grade band. Companies appearing in this lowest-scoring ranking typically fall in the bottom bands:

  • Aaa (900-1,000): Exceptional cyber resilience - very few companies in a worst list reach this level.
  • Aa (800-899): Very strong security posture with minimal weaknesses.
  • A (700-799): Strong practices with some areas for improvement.
  • Baa (600-699): Adequate protection but notable security configuration gaps exist.
  • Ba (500-599): Below average - multiple risk areas require attention.
  • B (400-499): Weak security with significant exposure across categories.
  • Caa (300-399): Very weak with a high probability of exploitable vulnerabilities.
  • Ca (200-299): Critically poor with severe, widespread security gaps.
  • C (0-199): Extreme risk - immediate remediation is needed across all dimensions.

Why Monitoring Low-Scoring Companies in Japan Matters

Cybersecurity risk doesn't exist in isolation. If your organization works with, purchases from, or shares data with companies in Japan, their security weaknesses become your risk. Supply chain attacks - where adversaries compromise a less-secure vendor to reach a larger target - have become one of the most common and damaging attack vectors in recent years.

Rankiteo continuously monitors 242 companies in Japan, keeping these rankings up to date so you always have an accurate, current picture of the country's risk landscape.