Liezel Huber and Rachel McQuillan were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Huber played in the Kremlin Cup at the same week.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi |
| Runners-up |  Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Score | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi won the title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the 2nd title for Asagoe and the 19th title for Miyagi in their respective doubles careers.
Seeds edit
Svetlana Kuznetsova / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
Shinobu Asagoe / Nana Miyagi (champions)
Evie Dominikovic / Trudi Musgrave (first round)- Rika Hiraki /
Rossana Neffa-de los Ríos (semifinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S Kuznetsova A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Morigami S Obata
| 2 | 4 | 1 | S Kuznetsova A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Kostanić K Liggan
| 3 | 5 |  A Augustus R Kolbovic
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Augustus R Kolbovic
| 6 | 7 | 1 | S Kuznetsova A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  E Dominikovic T Musgrave
| 3 | 4 |  V Razzano S Talaja
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| V Razzano S Talaja
| 6 | 6 | V Razzano S Talaja
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Kirilenko M Sharapova
| 4 | 77 | 3 |  L Dekmeijere H Ejeson
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Dekmeijere H Ejeson
| 6 | 64 | 6 | 1 | S Kuznetsova A Sánchez Vicario
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Arai S Okamoto
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | S Asagoe N Miyagi
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Marrero A Molik
| 3 | 6 | 6 | M Marrero A Molik
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Takase R Tezuka
| 64 | 3 | 4 | R Hiraki R Neffa-de los Ríos
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Hiraki R Neffa-de los Ríos
| 77 | 6 | 4 | R Hiraki R Neffa-de los Ríos
| 65 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L McShea K Schlukebir
| 77 | 4 | 6 | 2 | S Asagoe N Miyagi
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Cargill V Webb
| 64 | 6 | 4 | L McShea K Schlukebir
| 63 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 5 | 63 | 2 | S Asagoe N Miyagi
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Asagoe N Miyagi
| 7 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||