Here is how this works (if not mentioned earlier)
The gold master(s) will leave around that time, that's the from japan part. Someone will drive the disk to the airport shipping facility, a warehouse right on the runway... Where it will be sent to all the shipping warehouses.
Waiting for the disk is all the preprinted "box and docks" waiting for freshly printed disks (still warm)... If we knew where the disks were being printed I could be more accurate.
Before the end of the following day, all stores on the east coast will get the game in their afternoon shipments, west coast the very next morning. All main warehousing is in the easy and the trucks will be waiting with the engines running...
It's very fast if Sony is paying for that kind of expedite and demand is high enough. If demand is lower its only an additional 24 hours... But it's ridiculously expensive, but breaking street dates so soon lead to penalties by retail so sometimes it's the lessor of 2 evils.
I've done this a few times with my game launches but it was over ten years ago... So it could be even faster now....
Those of you that order next day shipping with actually get it ahead of time as it ships straight from the distributer and isn't being hauled in bulk...
