Tokyo is 12 hours ahead of São Paulo. São Paulo uses Brasília Time (BRT, UTC-3) while Tokyo uses Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9). When it's 12:00 PM in São Paulo, it's 12:00 AM (midnight) the next day in Tokyo.
Neither Brazil nor Japan observes daylight saving time, so the 12-hour difference remains constant throughout the year.
Best calling time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM São Paulo time. This corresponds to 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM in Tokyo, catching Japanese morning business hours.
Brazil has the largest Japanese diaspora outside Japan, with over 1.5 million people of Japanese descent, mostly in São Paulo. Japan and Brazil have significant trade relationships. Direct flights connect the cities in about 25 hours with a stopover.