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Time Changes in Japan 2017

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Time zones in use in Japan

In Japan, there is only one time zone in use: Japan Standard Time, JST (UTC+09). Time in Japan does not change because it does not observe Daylight Saving Time.

For comparing the current time in Japan and United Kingdom or any other country combination, visit time comparison. For an introduction to UTC and world time, read UTC by country. Time changes in Japan are shown below by city, state or region.

RegionsStandard TimeDaylight Saving Time
Time zone201620172018Time zone201620172018
  • Tokyo
  • Aichi
  • Akita
  • Aomori
  • Chiba
  • Ehime
  • Fukui
  • Fukuoka
  • Fukushima
  • Gifu
  • Gunma
  • Hiroshima
  • Hokkaido
  • Hyogo
  • Ibaraki
  • Ishikawa
  • Iwate
  • Kagawa
  • Kagoshima
  • Kanagawa
  • Kochi
  • Kumamoto
  • Kyoto
  • Mie
  • Miyagi
  • Miyazaki
  • Nagano
  • Nagasaki
  • Nara
  • Niigata
  • Oita
  • Okayama
  • Okinawa
  • Osaka
  • Saga
  • Saitama
  • Shiga
  • Shimane
  • Shizuoka
  • Tochigi
  • Tokushima
  • Tottori
  • Toyama
  • Wakayama
  • Yamagata
  • Yamaguchi
  • Yamanashi
Japan Standard Time
JST (UTC+09)
UTC+09 all year longNo Daylight Saving Time

History of Time Changes

The information in this page comes from data published in the Time Zone Database managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

YearTime zone AbbreviationUTC OffsetTime zone NameDaylight Saving TimeBegins (local time)
1951JSTUTC+09Japan Standard TimenoSaturday, September 8 1951, 02:00 AM
1951JDTUTC+10yesSunday, May 6 1951, 02:00 AM
1950JSTUTC+09Japan Standard TimenoSaturday, September 9 1950, 02:00 AM
1950JDTUTC+10yesSunday, May 7 1950, 02:00 AM
1949JSTUTC+09Japan Standard TimenoSaturday, September 10 1949, 02:00 AM
1949JDTUTC+10yesSunday, April 3 1949, 02:00 AM
1948JSTUTC+09Japan Standard TimenoSaturday, September 11 1948, 02:00 AM
1948JDTUTC+10yesSunday, May 2 1948, 02:00 AM
1937JSTUTC+09Japan Standard TimenoFriday, October 1 1937, 12:00 AM
1901JCSTUTC+09noSaturday, December 14 1901, 05:45 AM

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