Foreign drivers licence conversion rules to be toughened in Japan; National Police Agency to make testing more thorough, exclude tourists

The National Police Agency. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun file

TOKYO: Foreign tourists will be excluded from the system for converting an overseas driver’s licence to a Japanese one, according to a draft revision of the enforcement regulations of the Road Traffic Law officially compiled on Thursday (July 10) by the National Police Agency.

The number of questions to check applicants’ knowledge of traffic rules is planned to be increased to 50 from the current 10. After a public comment procedure, the revised system is envisioned to be put into operation on Oct. 1.