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All of Japan uses a single standard time based on the meridian at 135 degrees east longitude, which passes through Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture. What is one consequence of this for a country that stretches far from east to west?

Sunrise in eastern Hokkaido comes well before sunrise in Okinawa even though the clocks show the same time. Each prefecture sets its own clock time based on its local longitude. Western Japan experiences midnight sun in summer because it is far from the standard meridian. Japan must change its clocks by one hour every spring and autumn.

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Sunrise in eastern Hokkaido comes well before sunrise in Okinawa even though the clocks show the same time.

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