Time difference between London and Tokyo

Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of London

London, the United Kingdom is UTC · Tokyo, Japan is UTC+9 — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because London goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October and Tokyo does not change its clocks.

Tokyo stays put all year while London moves, so a meeting fixed in Tokyo's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at London's end.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in London and nine-to-five in Tokyo do not overlap at all. With 8 hours between them, one side is always outside working hours, and the practical question is which side takes the early start or the late finish rather than when to meet.

London to Tokyo, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 8 hours.

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