Time Differences Japan & The Rest Of The World

Japan uses Japan Standard Time, which is the standard time zone for Japan and is:
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)/GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) +9 hours.

There is no daylight saving time in Japan. The time in the whole Japanese archipelago from Hokkaido to Okinawa is the same.

Daylight saving time was introduced to Japan in the post-War U.S. occupation period but was got rid of in 1952 as soon as Japan regained full sovereignty, due to strong opposition from farmers. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has pressured for its reintroduction to help reduce Japan's energy consumption, but continued opposition from farmers and the Ministry of Education, which was concerned longer summer evenings would have a detrimental effect on school children's homework means that Japan remains one of the few developed nations not to utilize daylight saving time.

Japan adopted Japan Standard Time in 1886 when the Meiji government issued an Imperial Ordinance to regulate a standard time throughout the country.
Previously in the Edo Period local regions used a timezone where noon was set to when the sun was exactly to the south.

Japan Standard Time and Korea Standard Time and have the same difference from UTC (+ 9 hours).

Current Time in Tokyo

Time Differences Japan | World

Bulgaria (-7 hours)
Croatia (-8 hours)
Czech Republic (-8 hours)
Denmark (-8 hours)
England (-9 hours)
France (-8 hours)
Germany (-8 hours)
Greece (-7 hours)
Holland (-8 hours)
Italy (-8 hours)
Latvia (-7 hours)
Portugal (-9 hours)
Russia (-6 hours)
Spain (-8 hours)
Sweden (-8 hours)
Switzerland (-8 hours)
Ukraine (-7 hours)

Accra (-9 hours)
Angola (-8 hours)
Argentina (-12 hours)
Auckland (+4 hours)
Beijing (-1 hour)
Cairo (-7 hours)
Costa Rica (-15 hours)
Dallas (-15 hours)
Doha (-6 hours)
Dublin (-9 hours)
Djibouti (-6 hours)
Esfahan (-5.30 hours)
Ghana (-9 hours)
Hanoi (-2 hours)
Hong Kong (-1 hour)
Iran (-5.30 hours)
Ireland (-9 hours)
Jakarta (-2 hours)
Japan (0)
Johannesburg (-7 hours)
Korea (0)
Kyiv (-7 hours)
Kyoto (0)
Las Vegas (-17 hours)
Lome (-9 hours)
Los Angeles (-17 hours)
Luanda (-8 hours)
Madrid (-8 hours)
Malaysia (-1 hour)
Mexico (-15 hours)
Montreal (-14 hours)
Moscow (-6 hours)
New Delhi (-3:30 hours)
New York (-14 hours)
Oklahoma City (-15 hours)
Orlando (-14 hours)
Ottawa (-14 hours)
Paraguay (-12 hours)
Perth (0)
Philadelphia (-14 hours)
Port of Spain (-13 hours)
Reykjavik (-9 hours)
Rio de Janeiro (-11 hours)
Saudi Arabia (-6 hours)
Seoul (0)
Shanghai (-1 hour)
Singapore (-1 hour)
Sydney (+2 hours)
Tbilisi (-5 hours)
Tehran (-5.30 hours)
Thailand (-2 hours)
Tokyo (0)
Toronto (-14 hours)
Tunisia (-8 hours)
UK (-9 hours)
Vancouver (-17 hours)
Vladivostok (+1 hour)
Wellington (+4 hours)
Winnipeg (-15 hours)
Yamoussoukro (-9 hours)

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