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 Oslo.
Osaka and Oslo overlap from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Osaka) to the equivalent 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Oslo — that's your meeting window. The overlap sits at about 3 hours; aim for the heart of it so the call isn't too early for one team or too late for the other. Note the seasonal wrinkle: when Oslo is on daylight saving and Osaka isn't, the gap between them grows or shrinks by an hour.
| 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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Oslo Europe/Oslo |
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. -