Public Relations Specialist
Japan’s largest mobile payments platform (~75M users); SoftBank/LY Corporation fintech JV; 40% equity holder of Binance Japan.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About PayPay
PayPay Corporation is a Tokyo-based fintech company operating Japan’s leading QR/mobile payment service, founded 2018 as a SoftBank/Yahoo Japan (LY Corporation) joint venture, with banking (PayPay Bank), insurance and securities offerings. In October 2025 PayPay acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, making the crypto exchange an equity-method affiliate.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will plan and execute public-relations strategies and corporate branding activities. You will create and distribute press releases, respond to media, coordinate public disclosures with group companies, plan and produce owned-media content, build journalist relationships, secure media coverage, and handle communications for reputational-risk incidents such as system outages and unauthorized use.
Requirements
- At least three years of practical experience in external communications or public relations
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute public-relations strategies
- Create and distribute press releases
- Respond to media inquiries
- Coordinate public disclosures with group companies
- Plan and produce social-media and video content
- Promote communications based on financial laws and regulations
- Build journalist relationships
- Secure media coverage
- Handle communications for reputational-risk incidents
Benefits
- Hybrid workstyle
- Super-flexible work schedule with no core hours
- Annual paid leave of 14 days in the first year
- Personal leave of 5 days annually
- Health insurance
- Employees' pension insurance
- Employment insurance
- Workers' compensation insurance
- Corporate defined-contribution pension plan
- Ability to receive part of salary through a PayPay account