⚡ Containers and Virtualization in Japan

Containerization and virtualization are technologies used to isolate computing environments from one another for more efficient and secure use of physical hardware resources.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our statistics, containers and virtualization tools are detected on 1.6% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 210K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top containers and virtualization tools on websites in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Kubernetes, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 98.6% share.
It is followed by OpenStack with 0.9% and Docker with 0.4%.

Kubernetes 98.6%
OpenStack 0.9%
Docker 0.4%
Amazon ECS 0.2%
LXC 0.03%
OpenShift 0.03%

✨ Best Containers and Virtualization Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 6 containers and virtualization tools used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Kubernetes San Francisco, California, United States An open-source container orchestration system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications across clusters of machines. FreeOpen source	98.6%
2	OpenStack San Francisco, California, United States An open-source cloud platform that manages compute, storage, and networking resources for building public and private cloud infrastructure. FreeOpen source	0.9%
3	Docker San Francisco, California, United States An open-source platform that enables developers to package, distribute, and run applications in lightweight, portable containers that include all required dependencies. Free$11+/user/month	0.4%
4	Amazon ECS Seattle, Washington, United States A fully managed container orchestration service that enables users to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on AWS. Free tier$0.03238+/hour	0.2%
5	LXC Armonk, New York, United States A low-level Linux container runtime that provides operating-system-level virtualization through tools, templates, APIs, and language bindings for creating and managing system containers. FreeOpen source	0.03%
6	OpenShift Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A containerization platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale. $$$	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Containers and Virtualization in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 210,165 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 7 containers and virtualization tools across the web.
Of these, 6 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on November 12, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.