Japan West
Public cloudJapan West is part of Azure public cloud, in Osaka, Japan. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Japan East.
Explore Japan West
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Japan West to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,074 Linux and 1,042 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Japan West.
Compare Japan West VM pricesIP ranges
195 IPv4 and 43 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.japanwest. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View Japan West IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- japanwest
- Location
Osaka, Japan
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Japan East
- Approx. opening year
2014
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in Japan
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Japan West and Japan East are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Japan geography.
Published median round-trip latency from Japan West to Japan East: 12 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Eligibility: Available to all customers and partners
Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Japan West alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from Japan West
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Japan East | 12 ms |
| Korea South | 13 ms |
| Korea Central | 19 ms |