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Japan Standard Time

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Intangible time_zone Q909085
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Summary

Japan Standard Time is a time zone[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of time zone entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,868 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Continent: Asia[4]
  • Named after: Japan[5], standard time[6]
  • Part of: timezones in Japan[7]
  • Commons category: Japan Standard Time[8]
  • Said to be the same as: UTC+09:00[9]
  • Inception: 1888[10]
  • Native label: 日本標準時[11]
  • Short name: YSV[12], JST[13]
  • UTC timezone offset: 9 hour[14]

Why It Matters

Japan Standard Time has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Japan Japanese Alps

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Instance of → time zone
    Continent → Asia
    Named after → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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