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Best World Cup 2026 Match Times for Asia/Tokyo

FIFA World Cup 2026 is hosted in North America — a 13–14 hour time difference from Japan. For viewers in Tokyo there are no prime-time matches, but the flip side is that overnight US kick-offs arrive in Japan as morning or lunchtime games, which makes for a very different kind of watchlist.
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Prime Time
17:00–22:00
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Afternoon
13:00–16:00
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Morning
08:00–12:00
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Early Morning
05:00–07:00
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Late Night
23:00–04:00

Japan is at JST (UTC+9) with no daylight saving. The key insight for Tokyo viewers: US midnight games become 09:00–10:00 JST breakfast matches, and US morning games land at lunchtime. Over 40 games fall in the morning bucket (08:00–12:00 JST), making lunchtime and late-morning the peak viewing window.

The early morning bucket (05:00–07:00 JST) picks up US late-night kick-offs at 20:00–22:00 UTC — so early risers can catch those matches before commuting. The genuinely tough slots are US mid-afternoon games that arrive in Tokyo as 01:00–05:00 — in the small hours.

Japan qualified and South Korea features in the tournament too, so East Asian fans have strong stakes. Use the team filter in the interactive tool to find exactly when the Japan and Korea Republic games are relative to Tokyo time.