Time in Japan now
9:05PMJST
JSTUTC+9+14 h vs New York (you)Asia/Tokyo
No clock changes: Japan stays on JST (UTC+9) all year.
Time zone in Japan
Japan uses a single time zone: Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Tokyo lies at 139.7° east, where mean solar time is UTC+9:19 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 19 min behind the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 11:41 AM, and mornings get light early.
Daylight saving time in Japan
No. Japan has not used daylight saving time since 1951 (it did between 1948 and 1951, according to tzdata’s historical records), and the clocks stay on JST (UTC+9) all year.
Clock history of Japan
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+9:19 in Tokyo), which ended on January 1, 1888, when JST (UTC+9) replaced it. There has been no daylight saving time since 1970; the last summer clock change in the record was in 1951 (the first was in 1948). The table summarises the clocks of Japan year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Tokyo.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+9 all year | JST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Japan time
Time difference between Japan and major cities
| City | Local time now | Japan vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +14 h | +14 h | +13 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +17 h | +17 h | +16 h | 1 h / none |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h | +9 h | +8 h | none / none |
| Berlin | 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Dubai | 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h | +5 h | +5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h 30 min | +3 h 30 min | +3 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | +1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | +1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Sydney | 11:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h | −2 h | −1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Japan’s office hours overlap yours today.
Japan and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Japan, it is 7:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 10:00 PM in Japan is 8:00 AM in New York.
Japan and London share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Japan, it is 12:00 AM in London. A call has to be early or late for one side: 5:00 PM in Japan is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Japan overlaps New Delhi’s for 4 h 30 min in January (12:30 PM–5:00 PM Japan time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Japan it is 5:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Tokyo and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia | 1,280 km | 11:05 PM UTC+11 | +2 h |
| Jilin China | 1,440 km | 8:05 PM CST | −1 h |
| Saipan Northern Mariana Islands | 2,360 km | 10:05 PM ChST | +1 h |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia | 2,430 km | 12:05 AM UTC+12 | +3 h |
Same clock as Japan
These places keep exactly the same time as Japan all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Chita, Asia/Dili, Asia/Jayapura, Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Pyongyang and 3 more).
Cities in Japan
Japan at a glance
- CapitalTokyo
- Population123,366,734
- Time zone IDAsia/Tokyo
- Standard timeJST (UTC+9)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+81