Japan Standard Time

Japan Standard Time (日本標準時, Nihon Hyōjunji; JST), or Japan Central Standard Time (中央標準時, Chūō Hyōjunji; JCST), is the standard <a href="/facts/Time_zone/x5JzdlX8">time zone</a> in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, 9 hours ahead of UTC (<a href="/facts/UTC%252B09%3a00/2Jg4HtTk">UTC+09:00</a>). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time.
Japan Standard Time is equivalent to <a href="/facts/Time_in_South_Korea/m7rETJfR">Korean Standard Time</a>, <a href="/facts/Time_in_North_Korea/T4gIzvBa">Pyongyang Time</a> (<a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a>), <a href="/facts/Time_in_Indonesia/4lw9txX5">Eastern Indonesia Standard Time</a>, <a href="/facts/Time_in_East_Timor/mBBMf5q0">East-Timorese Standard Time</a>, <a href="/facts/Time_in_Palau/8fwocqta">Palau Time</a>, and <a href="/facts/Yakutsk_Time/r54UwmSr">Yakutsk Time</a> (<a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>).

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Japan Standard Time