Meeting time
Best time to meet: Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Kuala Lumpur right now. Their working days overlap for 7 hours: 10 AM to 5 PM in Tokyo, which is 9 AM to 4 PM in Kuala Lumpur. The easiest time to meet is 11 AM in Tokyo (10 AM in Kuala Lumpur).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 11, 2026, Tokyo time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Tokyo | Kuala Lumpur | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 5 AM | Both off |
| 7 AM | 6 AM | Both off |
| 8 AM | 7 AM | Both off |
| 9 AM | 8 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 10 AM | 9 AM | Both at work |
| 11 AM | 10 AM | Easiest time |
| 12 PM | 11 AM | Both at work |
| 1 PM | 12 PM | Both at work |
| 2 PM | 1 PM | Both at work |
| 3 PM | 2 PM | Both at work |
| 4 PM | 3 PM | Both at work |
| 5 PM | 4 PM | Kuala Lumpur at work |
| 6 PM | 5 PM | Both off |
| 7 PM | 6 PM | Both off |
| 8 PM | 7 PM | Both off |
| 9 PM | 8 PM | Both off |
| 10 PM | 9 PM | Both off |
All year
The gap between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.
Kuala Lumpur keeps the same clock as Singapore.
Questions people ask
8 AM in Kuala Lumpur, while Tokyo is 1 hour ahead.
11 AM in Tokyo, which is 10 AM in Kuala Lumpur. Both cities are at work from 10 AM to 5 PM Tokyo time.
No. It stays 1 hour all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.
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