Vehicle registration plates of Japan

The license plates are issued in Japan by the regional offices of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. However, get special vehicles with smaller engine power their approval by the local authority rather than by the central administration. As a rule of thumb, get cars with an engine capacity of less than 2000 cubic centimeters number plates of group 5, ie, the upper code starting with the number 5, while petrol-powered cars with more than 2000 cc license plates of group 3 (eg 330 ) is obtained. Other criteria for the selection of the label are the dimensions of the vehicle. For official vehicles of the Imperial Hofamtes, the Self-Defense Forces, the foreign diplomats stationed in Japan and the U.S. military, other characteristics rules apply.

  • 3.1 Diplomatic license plate
  • 3.2 United States Forces Japan

Appearance

Regular Features

The license plate will be issued in three different sizes, depending on the vehicle type. These are:

  • Large: 220 x 440 mm ( for trucks and buses )
  • Means: 165 × 330 mm ( standard size for most vehicles)
  • Small 125 × 230 mm (for certain small vehicles and motorcycles)

To prevent " repaint " of the plate, different letters ranges are used for the sign. In particular, be used for the following hiragana:

  • White Features: さすせ そ たち つて と なに ぬ ね の は ひふほまみむめも やゆ よらりるろ
  • Car :れわ
  • Green Features:あいうえ かき くけこ を
  • Private cars for workers in United States Forces Japan: Y, E, A

Vehicle codes

The table lists the vehicle types and used since 1998 in the number plate on:

The number plates shown give the impression again, as an indicator of Tama would look like (多 摩in Tokyo). It contains the vehicle code ( 500), at the bottom of a hiragana character and four-digit registration number, which is divided by a hyphen into two parts ( here: 12-34 ). Leading zeros are replaced by superscript points (example: • • - 34).

The vehicle types and plays an important role in fixing the car tax. In particular, the very expensive class "7" ( about 2000 cm ³ or wider than 1.71 m) was created specifically to detect vehicles imported and expensive possession.

Special Features

Diplomatic license plate

Diplomatic have white letters on a blue background.

United States Forces Japan

Official car of the U.S. armed forces in Japan played according to the Status of Forces Agreement ( SOFA ), a "Y " on a white or an "A" on a yellow board where there are normally the hiragana characters. Earlier versions shown the letters " K ", " M", " G", " H" or " E" indicating that the vehicle is imported and is driven to the left. Since 1980 is not recommended to ship a vehicle from the U.S. to Japan, since acquire many members of the U.S. armed forces their cars in the used car market outside the base or take over the vehicles of the staff, which was replaced, leaving Japan.

List of Japanese regional indicator, sorted by prefectures

Note: In principle, each prefecture in Japan has a license plate, whereby the first seat of the Admission Board is specified, which is only occasionally identical to the name of the prefecture. Due to the large number of motor vehicles in some prefectures, there are several accreditation bodies within such Prefecture. The following list is sorted geographically from north to south.

Engine displacement Imperial Household Agency Hakodate, Hokkaido Obihiro, Hokkaido Muroran, Hokkaido Kushiro, Hokkaido Asahikawa, Hokkaido Kitami, Hokkaido Aomori, Aomori Hachinohe, Aomori Yamagata (Yamagata) Sendai Iwaki, Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Tsuchiura Tsukuba (Ibaraki) Tochigi, Tochigi Nasushiobara, Tochigi Gunma Prefecture Takasaki, Gunma Kasukabe, Saitama Tokorozawa, Saitama Kumagaya, Saitama Shinagawa, Tokyo Nerima, Tokyo Adachi, Tokyo Tama, Tokyo Kawasaki (Kanagawa) Chiba, Chiba Narashino, Chiba Sodegaura, Chiba Narita, Chiba Kashiwa, Chiba Noda (Chiba) Yamanashi, Yamanashi Nagaoka, Niigata Ishikawa Toyama, Toyama Fukui, Fukui Nagano, Nagano Matsumoto, Nagano Suwa (Nagano) Gifu, Gifu Hida, Gifu Shizuoka, Shizuoka Numazu, Shizuoka Hamamatsu Izu (Shizuoka) Toyohashi, Aichi Mikawa Province Komaki, Aichi Okazaki, Aichi Ichinomiya (Aichi) Mie Suzuka, Mie Sakai, Osaka Tottori, Tottori Kurashiki, Okayama Fukuyama, Hiroshima Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Tokushima, Tokushima Ehime Prefecture Fukuoka Kurume, Fukuoka Nagasaki Sasebo, Nagasaki Kumamoto Vehicle registration plates of Afghanistan Vehicle registration plates of Armenia Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan Vehicle registration plates of Bhutan Vehicle registration plates of China Vehicle registration plates of Georgia (country) Vehicle registration plates of India Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia Vehicle registration plates of Iran Vehicle registration plates of Israel Vehicle registration plates of Jordan Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan Vehicle registration plates of Qatar Vehicle registration plates of Kyrgyzstan Vehicle registration plates of Lebanon Vehicle registration plates of Mongolia Vehicle registration plates of North Korea Vehicle registration plates of Oman Vehicle registration plates of East Timor Vehicle registration plates of the Philippines Vehicle registration plates of Russia Vehicle registration plates of Saudi Arabia Vehicle registration plates of Syria Vehicle registration plates of Tajikistan Vehicle registration plates of Turkmenistan Vehicle registration plates of Uzbekistan Vehicle registration plates of the United Arab Emirates Vehicle registration plates of Cyprus Vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong Africa Oceania
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