
A photocopy of your voluntary insurance contract (See the details below).A photocopy of your compulsory automobile liability insurance contract (See the details below).A photocopy of your vehicle inspection certificate.When you renew your license, please resubmit that documentation.

When you start driving, please submit all of the documents listed below to KUT staff. Google map When you start driving in Japan (car or motorbike)

Please obtain a Japanese driver's license before your first international driving permit expires. Doing so could be considered as driving without a license. Even if you go back to your home country and get a new international driving permit, it is not permissible to drive in Japan with the new permit. Such students are allowed to drive with an international driving permit from the date they arrive in Japan for a maximum period of one year. It is NOT valid for regular students who will stay in Japan for longer than one year. A further requirement is that the person be outside Japan for three months or longer.Īn international driving permit is a temporary permit for tourists or short-term visitors driving in Japan for a short period of time. The term of validity of international permits is one year, and there is no way to renew them outside the home country, so if a person wishes to extend the term of the permit, it is necessary to return the old license and obtain a new one in one's home country. drivers must have both a driver's license issued by their home country and an international permit. International driving permit issued in your home countryĪn international driving permit alone does not qualify as a driver's license: it must be accompanied by the driver's original license, i.e. A Japanese translation of that license, created by a legally qualified translator, must accompany the license.

