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日本標準時制定75年 << 1961年(昭和36年) 7月12日 >> 2-4-138

Japan Standard Time Issued on July 12, 1961 (Showa 36)

Japan Standard Time Issued on July 12, 1961 (Showa 36) Japan Standard Time (JST) is the time when Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is advanced by 9 hours (time difference equivalent to 135 degrees east longitude). The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a stamp designing the "Sun and Japan Standard Time Meridian" to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Japan Standard Time.