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.
With 13 hours between them, Tokyo and New York have no overlap during standard business hours — by the time one team logs on, the other has logged off. The usual fix is an early start for New York or a late finish for Tokyo — pick whichever team has more flexibility. Note the seasonal wrinkle: when New York is on daylight saving and Tokyo isn't, the gap between them grows or shrinks by an hour.
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