Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Japan from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Japan, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 81 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Japan you will need to dial japan-exit-code (eg: japan-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Tokyo, Japan can be found at Time in Tokyo.

Japan’s standard time is 9 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Japan does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Japan are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Japan.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Japan frequently signify geographical areas within Japan that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Japan is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Japanese country code or the international access code for Japan ("81").

Phone Area codes in Japan can be quoted together with the country access code for Japan.