2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

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.

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
• # 🇷🇺 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)