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: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Tel Aviv is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Osaka.
If you set up a recurring sync, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Tel Aviv (2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Osaka) is the natural home for it. You share roughly 4 hours a day. That's enough for regular meetings, but treat the window as prime time and guard it. Finally, Tel Aviv observes daylight saving and Osaka doesn't, so this window shifts by an hour for part of the year — recheck it each spring and autumn.
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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. -