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: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Wellington is 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Seoul.
Aim for 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Wellington time — that's 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM over in Seoul. Seoul is 3 hours behind Wellington, but you still share a generous 7 hours of overlap, so scheduling is easy and there's room to move a meeting when you need to. These times hold for most of the year, but Wellington's daylight saving (which Seoul doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
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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. -