Australasia is closer to the cut-off line than Japan. Japan is 3 hours behind New Zealand, Samoa and Hawaii ar 23 hours later. For clarity: Japan is 1 hour behind Sydney, 1/2 an hour behind Adelade, an hour ahead of Perth, 8 hours ahead of Germany, and 14-17 hours ahead of most of North America. This is without daylight savings, which I think is in effect in Australia and Japan right now, I can't be sure though.