New York to Tokyo meeting time — find the best time to meet across ET & JST.
New York–Tokyo spans finance, manufacturing, and gaming across a 13-to-14-hour divide. Japan keeps no daylight saving, so the gap shifts once a year with US clocks. Tokyo mornings align with New York's previous-evening wind-down — a thin channel that Japanese and American firms widen with deliberate early-evening or early-morning rituals.
Plan across US time zones
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Meeting time (your home zone) — shaded bars show each participant's work hours
Hour by hour
New York → Tokyo: workday conversion at a glance.
Times below follow current daylight-saving rules and are refreshed every deploy. The live planner above recalculates for any date you pick.
| New York (ET) | Tokyo (JST) | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 10:00 PM | — |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 PM | — |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 AM+1d | — |
| 11:00 AM | 1:00 AM+1d | — |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 AM+1d | — |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 AM+1d | — |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 AM+1d | — |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 AM+1d | — |
| 4:00 PM | 6:00 AM+1d | — |
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 AM+1d | — |
| 6:00 PM | 8:00 AM+1d | — |
Scheduling tips for New York ↔ Tokyo
- The workable band is 7:00–9:00 AM ET (8:00–11:00 PM JST previous day) or Tokyo 8:00–9:00 AM against NY 6:00–7:00 PM — choose which side flexes.
- Japan's business culture favors fixed, predictable meeting times over rotation; agree a permanent slot and keep it sacred.
- After the US falls back in November, your standing call slides an hour later for Tokyo — communicate the change explicitly.
Plan it live — free, no sign-up
The interactive planner above is the full meeting planner for time zones loaded with just these two cities. Drag either row's handles to match real schedules, drag the cyan meeting line to test any exact moment, then export a calendar invite or shareable link. Need a third city, or a completely different pairing? Open theinternational meeting planner or browse all routes on the meeting time converter.
New York – Tokyo FAQ
What time is 9 AM EST in Tokyo?
9:00 AM EST is 11:00 PM JST the same day. In summer, 9:00 AM EDT is 10:00 PM JST. Japan is 13–14 hours ahead of New York depending on US daylight saving.
Is there a good time for NY–Tokyo calls?
No — standard 9-to-5 schedules do not overlap. The pragmatic choices are early morning ET (evening JST) or evening ET (early morning JST). Most teams fix one permanent slot and stick to it.
Does Japan use daylight saving time?
No. Japan remains on JST (UTC+9) all year, so the New York–Tokyo difference changes only when the US adjusts its clocks.
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