Pasona Inc. (株式会社パソナ Kabushiki Gaisha Pasona) is a Japanese multinational corporation that provides a variety of staffing services, including temporary staffing, recruiting, outplacement, and outsourcing.

[3] February 1976, Yasuyuki Nambu founded Temporary Center, Inc. in the Kita ward of Osaka.

Later that year, the company set up an office in the Chūō ward of Tokyo.

Over the next 10 years, Temporary Center franchises were created in Okayama, Kyoto, Kumamoto, Niigata, and Nagasaki.

From the early 1990s, Pasona Inc. began acquiring subsidiary companies that provide specialized staffing services in various fields.