Tokyo, Japan
00:00:00
Current time in Japan
Time zone: JST (UTC/GMT +09:00) — Asia/Tokyo
| Time Zone: Japan Standard Time (JST) = UTC+9 Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, and is both the capital and most populous city of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府 Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市 Tōkyō-shi). |
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Current Time in other Cities of Japan
What time zone is Tokyo in?
If you need the offset: Tokyo is on JST, 9 hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+09:00. The matching IANA zone is Asia/Tokyo.
There is no daylight saving in Tokyo. UTC+09:00 applies all year, so the offset never moves on this side — only the other party's clock changes.
Tokyo compared with major world cities
How Tokyo lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Tokyo is 13 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Tokyo is 16 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Tokyo is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Tokyo is 7 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Tokyo is 5 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Tokyo is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Tokyo is 1 hour ahead |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Tokyo is 1 hour behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Tokyo is 12 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Tokyo
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Tokyo time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Shanghai | 10:00–17:00 in Tokyo | 7 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–16:00 in Tokyo | 7 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 12:30–17:00 in Tokyo | 4.5 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 14:00–17:00 in Tokyo | 3 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles, London or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
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