Swapping over you driving licence or getting a Japanese driving licence......
Here are a cople links to organisations and companies that can assist with this issue;
JAF
http://www.jaf.or.jp/e/switch.htm
http://www.jaf.or.jp/e/
Koyama Driving School in English
http://www.koyama.co.jp/english.htm
You'll have to show proof of the issue date of your home licence. If it is not printed on the licence a letter from the issueing authorities stating the date when it was issued will be required. The se docs and your home licence will need to be translated - JAF (see the link above) does these translations for about 3,000 yen or so. Once you have these you will need to head to your local registration office to sit the tests to get the licence. Depending on what country you are from you may or may not need to do the actual road test. Koyama driving school should be able to assist in this area.
The following link lists those countries )although it is all in Japanese;
http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/menkyo/menkyo/kokugai/kokugai05.htm
There is a link to an English PDF file for this page at the bottom right of the link above...I could not get it to open on my computer...... though you may be able to?
If you have any other questions ask me......
Regards,
Mick Lay cars@micklay.com
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