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 Prague.
If you set up a recurring sync, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Osaka (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Prague) is the natural home for it. Prague is 7 hours behind Osaka, leaving about 3 hours of daily overlap — enough for most meetings if you don't leave them too late in the day. These times hold for most of the year, but Prague's daylight saving (which Osaka doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
| 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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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. -