⚡ Containers in Japan

Containerization and virtualization software improve scalability, simplify deployment, and reduce resource costs by allowing users to efficiently run multiple applications in isolated environments on the same hardware.

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

According to our statistics, container management tools are detected on 1.2% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 170K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top container management tools on websites in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Kubernetes, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 99.6% share.
It is followed by Docker with 0.5% and Openstack with 0.1%.

Kubernetes 99.6%
Docker 0.5%
Openstack 0.1%
OpenShift 0.05%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top management tools that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Openstack ^(-1)
4. OpenShift ^(-1)

✨ Best Container Management Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 4 container management 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	99.6%
2	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	0.5%
3	Openstack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud operating system and a set of software components that provide common services for cloud infrastructure. FreeOpen source	0.1%
4	OpenShift Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A containerization platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale. $$$	0.05%

👉 See Also

🌎 Containers 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 170,082 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 6 container management tools across the web.
Of these, 4 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.