EDT
--:--:--America/New York
UTC-04:00
JST
--:--:--Asia/Tokyo
UTC+09:00
Shared work window
No same-day window to Use async hand-offs
No same-day overlap
EDT and JST have almost no normal workday overlap, so the pair is best handled with async planning, rotating meeting ownership, and explicit hand-off times. When teams do meet live, one side is usually outside standard office hours.