What is the time zone of Japan?

Japan is in the Japan Standard Time zone. All places including the capital Tokyo have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country is not observing daylight savings so the clock is the same all year round.

  • Japan Standard Time (JST):+9:00 UTC (ahead)

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Time of neighboring countries

These are the times differences if you travel outside of Japan.

To South Korea: You will enter the Korea Standard Time zone, but there is no time difference

To China: You will enter the China Standard Time zone, which is -1 hour behind

To Taiwan: You will enter the China Standard Time zone, which is -1 hour behind

To Russia: You will enter the Vladivostok Time zone, which is +1 hour ahead

Japan Daylight Savings Time (DST)

There is no daylight savings time.

Other countries in Asia

You can check out information and maps of other Asian countries by clicking below links.