Best World Cup 2026 Match Times for Asia/Tokyo

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.