Daylight Savings Time Changes in Japan 🇯🇵 (2048)

Q: Does all of Japan follow the same time change schedule?

Yes, the transition dates are consistent nationwide, though because the country spans multiple time zones, the change occurs at different moments depending on the local time zone.

Country:	Japan
Capital:	Tokyo
Abbreviations:	JP, JPN
IANA Time Zones:	2
Dial Code:	+81

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Prefectures in Japan that do not observe Daylight Savings Time

Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hokkaido Hyōgo 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 Tokyo Tottori Toyama Wakayama Yamagata Yamaguchi Yamanashi

DST Changes Summary for Japan

Date	Year	Change	Time	Details
05 May	1951	Forward 1 hour	23:59 ➜ 01:00	Daylight Saving Start
09 Sep	1951	Back 1 hour	00:59 ➜ 00:00	Daylight Saving End

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Does Japan use Daylight Saving Time in 2048?

No, Japan does not observe Daylight Saving Time in 2048. The entire nation remains on its standard time offset year-round, meaning there are no seasonal clock adjustments for residents or visitors to worry about.

Does all of Japan follow the same time change schedule?

Yes, the calendar dates for starting and ending Daylight Saving Time are consistent across the country. However, because Japan spans 2 different time zones, the actual moment the clocks move occurs at different times depending on the local timezone of each prefecture.