What is the time difference between the US and Japan?
The time difference between Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and Japan Standard Time (JST) is 16 hours. For example, as I write this, it’s 7 PM on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California, and it’s 11 AM on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Japan doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time, so when DST ends in November, the time difference will change to 17 hours.