Time Zone Converter

London to Tokyo Time Converter

Tokyo runs 8 hours ahead of London as of now. London observes daylight saving time; Tokyo does not.

Since Tokyo's offset never moves, the 8-to-9-hour distance to London is entirely a function of whether Britain currently has its clocks set forward for summer.

UK-Japan finance and manufacturing teams needing a genuine live overlap, rather than an overnight handoff, generally anchor around a London morning call near 8-9am, which reaches Tokyo in the mid-to-late afternoon.

Worth flagging specifically around the UK's own spring and autumn transition weekends: because only London's side of this pair changes, the felt gap can shift by an hour right when a recurring meeting is due.

London-Tokyo DST rules in full: Time Zone Converter (London side).