For Customers With an International Driver's License 
    
        One of the following licenses is required to drive in Japan.
    
    
        
            Japanese Driver's License (For residents of Japan) 
        
            
                 
            Japanese Driver's License 
         
     
    
    
        
            International Driving Permit ※1  + Passport
         
        
            
                
                     
                Passport 
             
            
            
                
                     
                International Driving Permit 
             
         
        
            ※1 Permits issued by member states of the Geneva Convention in accordance with the convention.
        
        
            Driving with an International Driving Permit issued in accordance with the Paris Convention (1926), Washington Convention (1943) or Vienna Convention (1968) is not permitted in Japan.
        
        
        
     
    
    
        
            Foreign Driver’s License※2  + Japanese Translation※3  + Passport
         
        
            
                
                     
                Foreign Driver's License 
             
            
                
                     
                Japanese Translation 
             
            
                
                     
                Passport 
             
         
        
            ※2 
            This applies to driver's licenses issued from the following:
        
        
            Swiss Confederation, Federal Republic of Germany, French Republic, Kingdom of Belgium, Principality of Monaco and Taiwan.
        
        
            ※3 
            Japanese translations are valid only for translations issued by the embassy or consulate in Japan of each country or by JAF (Japan Automobile Federation). For Taiwan, translations must be issued by JAF or the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association.
        
        
        
        
            Issuance of Japanese Translation of Foreign Driver's License
        
        
     
 
                    
                    
    
        List of Geneva Convention Member States That Issue Geneva-Style International Driver’s Permits
     
    
        List of Member States
     
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            Philippines
                         
                                            
                            India
                         
                                            
                            Thailand
                         
                                            
                            Bangladesh
                         
                                            
                            Malaysia
                         
                                            
                            Singapore
                         
                                            
                            Sri Lanka
                         
                                            
                            Cambodia
                         
                                            
                            Lao People's Democratic Republic
                         
                                            
                            Republic of Korea
                         
                                            
                            Brunei Darussalam
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            Turkey
                         
                                            
                            Israel
                         
                                            
                            Syrian Arab Republic
                         
                                            
                            Cyprus
                         
                                            
                            Jordan
                         
                                            
                            Lebanon
                         
                                            
                            United Arab Emirates
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            South Africa
                         
                                            
                            Central African Republic
                         
                                            
                            Egypt
                         
                                            
                            Ghana
                         
                                            
                            Morocco
                         
                                            
                            Congo
                         
                                            
                            Benin
                         
                                            
                            Lesotho
                         
                                            
                            Madagascar
                         
                                            
                            Malawi
                         
                                            
                            Mali
                         
                                            
                            Niger
                         
                                            
                            Senegal
                         
                                            
                            Sierra Leone
                         
                                            
                            Togo
                         
                                            
                            Tunisia
                         
                                            
                            Uganda
                         
                                            
                            Zimbabwe
                         
                                            
                            Namibia
                         
                                            
                            Burkina Faso
                         
                                            
                            Nigeria
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
                         
                                            
                            Greece
                         
                                            
                            Norway
                         
                                            
                            Denmark
                         
                                            
                            Sweden
                         
                                            
                            Netherlands
                         
                                            
                            Italy
                         
                                            
                            Kingdom of Spain
                         
                                            
                            Finland
                         
                                            
                            Portugal
                         
                                            
                            Austria
                         
                                            
                            Poland
                         
                                            
                            Ireland
                         
                                            
                            Hungary
                         
                                            
                            Romania
                         
                                            
                            Iceland
                         
                                            
                            Malta
                         
                                            
                            Luxembourg
                         
                                            
                            San Marino
                         
                                            
                            Vatican
                         
                                            
                            Czech Republic
                         
                                            
                            Slovakia
                         
                                            
                            Slovenia
                         
                                            
                            Republic of Lithuania
                         
                                            
                            Republic of Croatia
                         
                                            
                            Principality of Liechtenstein
                         
                                            
                            Republic of Estonia
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            United States of America
                         
                                            
                            Canada
                         
                                            
                            Peru
                         
                                            
                            Cuba
                         
                                            
                            Ecuador
                         
                                            
                            Argentina
                         
                                            
                            Chile
                         
                                            
                            Paraguay
                         
                                            
                            Barbados
                         
                                            
                            Dominican Republic
                         
                                            
                            Trinidad and Tobago
                         
                                            
                            Venezuela
                         
                                            
                            Jamaica
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
    
        
                                            
                            New Zealand
                         
                                            
                            Fiji
                         
                                            
                            Australia
                         
                                            
                            Papua New Guinea
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
                        
    
        Special Administrative Region 
        
     
    
        
                                            
                            Hong Kong
                         
                                            
                            Macau
                         
                                            
                            Aruba
                         
                                            
                            Curacao
                         
                                            
                            Saint Martin
                         
                                            
                            Cayman Islands
                         
                                            
                            Isle of Man
                         
                                            
                            Guernsey
                         
                                            
                            Jersey
                         
                                            
                            Gibraltar
                         
                                            
                            Territories of the United States (Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.)
                         
                    
                 
     
 
        
    
    
        Countries that are members of the Geneva Convention but do not issue international driver's permits in accordance with the convention;
    
        ※Please also refer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's “List of the contracting states of the Convention at Geneva 1949 ”