To drive in Japan, you must have a Japanese driver's license or an international driver's license. If you have a driver's license in your home country issued more than 3 months before you arrived in Japan, you can transfer it to a Japanese license without taking the driving test. An international drivers's license is valid for only on year; when it expires, you must apply for a Japanese license.
Offices (Monday-Friday, 8:30-11:30 and 1:00-4:30)
Fuchu (3-1-1 Tamachi, Fuchu-shi) 0423-62-3591
Koto (1-7-24 Shinsuna, Koto-ku) 03-3699-1151
Samezu (1-12-5 Higashioi, Shinagawa-ku) 03-3474-1374
Requirements for transfer to a Japanese license:
The registration of a motorbike (125cc or less) is processed
at the Tax Administration Section of your ward office.
For motorcycles over 125cc and all other motorized
vehicles contact: Tokyo Branch Office of the Land Transport
Bureau (Rikuun Shikyoku) Tel: 03-3458-9235. The Tokyo
Metropolitan Government says,
Procedures for the purchase of a car are very complicated
and foreign residents are advised to entrust them to
car dealers.