Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions

Japan to review system to convert overseas driver's licenses?

Two high-profile traffic accidents in Japan this month have been attracting attention, and they're creating implications for drivers from abroad.

Japan to tighten license conversion rules for foreign drivers

Japan's National Police Agency says it will review rules to switch driver's licenses from other countries to Japanese ones following a recent series of accidents by foreign drivers.

Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions

The National Police Agency revealed the plan amid concerns that the system for converting a foreign license is too easy.

LDP Official to Ask Govt to Review Driver’s License System for Foreigners; Request Result of Increase in Traffic Accidents Involving Foreigners

Itsunori Onodera, the chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, said Wednesday he intends to ask the government to review the driver’s license system in which an overseas driver’s license can be converted to a Japanese one.

Regarding the "foreign driver's license conversion" system, which allows foreigners who hold a driver's license from their home country to obtain a Japanese license, National Police Agency Commissioner Yoshinobu Kusunoki announced at a press conference on the 22nd that, in principle, a copy of resident registration will be required and the exam content will be made stricter. "We would like to put together a draft amendment as soon as possible," …

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