The shortest distance which separates Asia from America across the Pacific Ocean is the distance between Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. And Tokyo, the capital of Japan. The distance between the two cities is about 5, 478 miles. This works out to a distance of about 8, 815 kilometres. The time taken to fly between Los Angeles and Tokyo's Narita International Airport is 12 hours. There is a time difference of 17 hours between Los Angeles and Tokyo. That is, Los Angeles is 17 hours behind Tokyo and Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles. For example, if the time is 0730 hours in Los Angeles on a Friday morning, it would be 0030 hours (half an hour past midnight of Friday or half an hour into Saturday) in Tokyo. On the other hand, if the time is 0730 hours in Tokyo on a Friday morning, it would be 1430 hours in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon.