Japan – Honda Opens “Honda Software Studio Osaka” as New Software Development Operation

Honda Opens “Honda Software Studio Osaka” as New Software Development Operation

TOKYO, Japan, June 26, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) has actually opened Honda Software Studio Osaka, a brand-new software application advancement operation, in April 2025, at the Grand Green Osaka, a multifunctional industrial complex situated in Umeda location, Osaka, Japan.

Honda has actually placed “boosted application of smart innovations”as the crucial element to increase the competitiveness of its items, especially its amazed automobiles, and formerly revealed the strategy to invest roughly 2 trillion yen in software-related research study and advancement over the 10-year duration through FY2031 ( ending March 31, 2031). Based upon this instructions, Honda has actually been dealing with the recruitment of software application skill with a high level of knowledge and a concentrate on increasing associate engagement * 1 and advancement ability.

As a part of this effort, Honda has actually been constantly improving its office environment for software application engineers, broadening the network of its software application advancement operations, beginning in October 2023 from Osaka, to Omiya, Shinagawa, Nagoya and Fukuoka. Honda Software Studio Osaka ended up being functional in April 2025 by updating the initial software application advancement operation in Osaka, and a brand-new advancement operation in Tokyo is set up to open in early 2026.

Honda is performing software application advancement through partnership in between its vehicle advancement operation in Tochigi, Japan– the center of Honda auto item advancement– and its software application advancement operations situated throughout the nation. By leveraging the knowledge of such multi-base software application advancement, a reputable company-wide remote workplace and the cutting edge centers developed at the brand-new Honda Software Studio Osaka, Honda is understanding high performance and smooth partnership amongst all software application advancement operations.

Honda is anticipating the addition of Honda Software Studio Osaka will improve recruitment of extremely skilled software application engineers and speed up cooperation with scholastic scientists and partner business found in the Osaka/Kansai area, which will allow Honda to produce brand-new worth for its clients and society. Progressing, Honda prepares to even more boost its personnels in the location of software application, by broadening Honda Software Studio Osaka to have around 500 partners, that makes Osaka/Kansai the second-largest Honda software application advancement operation in Japan, after the Tokyo/Kanto area.

Secret functions of Honda Software Studio Osaka

– A large range of advancement groups

Honda Software Studio Osaka combines a variety of advancement groups accountable for a wide array of innovations Honda will establish individually to recognize its software-defined lorries (SDVs) consisting of automated driving and advanced chauffeur support systems (ADAS); numerous apps such as wise cabin apps; SoC (System on Chip), which is the hardware to run apps effectively; and the automobile OS which is a platform that manages the SoC and apps.

– Associates with a vast array of backgrounds

Since June 2025, Honda Software Studio Osaka has around 100 partners, of which about 85% signed up with Honda through mid-career recruitment. Those partners utilize a variety of profession backgrounds, such as system integrators * 2, engineers in railway or electronic devices business, and play an essential function at Honda by bringing fresh concepts and viewpoints that standard movement producers did not have. Honda Software Studio Osaka has actually been increasing the competitiveness of Honda items with speed by integrating the knowledge of partners who sign up with Honda with experience in various markets together with thorough understanding about Honda innovations had by partners who began their profession at Honda.

– Adoption of Activity-based Working (ABW) to support versatile and varied work designs

Honda Software Studio Osaka embraces Activity-based Working (ABW) design, which frees partners from a standard “repaired seating” design and supports more versatile and varied methods of working. Each partner can select the most appropriate workplace based upon the nature and scenario of their jobs. The ABW design was embraced with a goal to improve inspiration, optimize efficiency and promote the versatile thinking about partners. In addition, the adoption of a workplace style based upon the principle of “interaction initially,” promotes and speeds up spontaneous interaction amongst engineers and various groups, which is anticipated to result in remarkable enhancement in performance and brand-new worth production for the whole operation.

– Unique functions set up based upon “The Three Realities Principle”

Honda Software Studio Osaka includes special offices such as a “task cubicle,” where task members can take part in conversations and operate in front of the real hardware devices under advancement, and a “debug space” geared up with workplace centers that allow engineers to deal with real hardware elements, consisting of a correct ventilation system to permit soldering work. There are some parking areas protected on the basement flooring to develop an advancement environment where engineers have simple access to the completed automobiles to which the software application they are establishing will be used. These special functions of Honda Software Studio Osaka will add to the enhancement of item quality and advancement performance by speeding up software application screening and debugging * 3 procedures and by enhancing the dependability of software application through confirmation on its real operating environment.

While it is a workplace environment where software application engineers tend to invest the majority of their work hours at their desk, Honda Software Studio Osaka provides an advancement environment where engineers can touch and evaluate their deal with real hardware. By providing such a workplace, Honda aims to recognize a combination of advanced software application advancement and the long-cherished culture of Honda assisted by “The Three Realities Principle,” which stresses “going to the genuine area, comprehending the genuine scenario, and making sensible choices.”

About Honda Software Studio Osaka

* 1 The trust, accessory, and psychological dedication in between partners and the business.
* 2 System integrator (SIer) is a contracted advancement business that carries out the whole procedure of system advancement.
* 3 The procedure of recognizing and fixing bugs (mistakes) in a program.