Best Meeting Times Between US and Japan Teams (2026)
8 AM Tokyo is 4 PM in Los Angeles the day before. West Coast afternoon windows, the East Coast dead zone, and why the Philippines slot is an hour off. -
Best overlap: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Osaka is 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Munich.
If you set up a recurring sync, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Osaka (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Munich) is the natural home for it. You share roughly 3 hours a day. That's enough for regular meetings, but treat the window as prime time and guard it. Remember that Munich shifts for daylight saving and Osaka doesn't, so recalculate the overlap after each clock change.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Munich Europe/Berlin |
8 AM Tokyo is 4 PM in Los Angeles the day before. West Coast afternoon windows, the East Coast dead zone, and why the Philippines slot is an hour off. -