International driver's license in Japan?

[John Marchioro]

Brief query: Is one still needed? It was back in the mid-1990s.... How
about today? I see that a lot of OECD countries no longer require them
if the person in question has a license in another OECD country. Does
anyone know about Japan?


JM

[Carl Freire]

Looks like you still need one.

<http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/multilingual/english/traffic_safety/drivers_licenses/index.files/d_license.pdf>

Carl

[John Marchioro]

Yeah, a friend in Tokyo confirmed that.

Grrrrrrrr......... That is Japan.

My one driving experience in Asia involved a 3 hour drive from Turpan
to Urumqi across the SW portion of the Gobi desert one night a decade
ago..... At night, with a full moon, while my taxi driver slept in the
back of the car (she was exhausted after a long day, which included a
camel ride). Not sure if that will help much with Tokyo rush hour.


JM

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