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Time in Japan now

03:48:23AM

Friday, September 25, 2026

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Time zone info for Japan

UTC +9

Japan Standard Time (JST)
now 13 hours ahead of New York

The time in Japan is 14 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Japan has not had daylight saving time since 1951.
The IANA time zone identifier for Japan is Asia/Tokyo.

Time difference
from Japan

Los Angeles	−16 hours	−16 hours
Chicago	−14 hours	−14 hours
New York	−13 hours	−13 hours
Toronto	−13 hours	−13 hours
São Paulo	−12 hours	−12 hours
UTC	−9 hours	−9 hours
Lagos	−8 hours	−8 hours
London	−8 hours	−8 hours
Johannesburg	−7 hours	−7 hours
Paris	−7 hours	−7 hours
Zurich	−7 hours	−7 hours
Cairo	−6 hours	−6 hours
Istanbul	−6 hours	−6 hours
Moscow	−6 hours	−6 hours
Dubai	−5 hours	−5 hours
Mumbai	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Hong Kong	−1 hours	−1 hours
Shanghai	−1 hours	−1 hours
Singapore	−1 hours	−1 hours
Tokyo	0
Sydney	+1 hours

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Japan on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 377,835 km²
Capital: Tokyo
Currency: Yen (JPY)
Calling code: +81
Internet top level domain: .jp
Latitude: 35.69. Longitude: 139.75
Population: 126,529,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Japan 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.