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. -
There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
Santiago and Seoul have no natural overlap. The 12-hour gap is simply too large for regular working hours to meet. Treat the handoff like a relay — Santiago wraps up and leaves notes for Seoul to pick up as their day begins. Note the seasonal wrinkle: when Santiago is on daylight saving and Seoul 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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Seoul Asia/Seoul |
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. -