外国運転免許証を日本の免許証に切り替えるには、外国免許の日本語翻訳文が必要です。各都道府県警察の運転免許センターにて切り替えることができます。切替には2つの条件を満たさなければなりません。一つは外国免許証が有効であること。次に外国免許証を取得した日から通算で3ヶ月はその国に滞在したことが証明できることです。切替の際に適性試験や運転技能の確認もあります。日本語翻訳文は、外国行政庁（当該外国運転免許証を発給している行政当局）、各国の大使館や領事期間で発行しています。 国際免許証（IDP）をお持ちの方は、日本の法令に則って日本国内で自動車等の運転ができます。国際免許証で運転できるのは日本入国日から最大1年間です。注意点があり、主要な道路交通に関する条約には、ジュネーブ交通条約とウィーン条約があります。日本政府はジュネーブ交通条約のみしか締結していません。そのため、ウィーン交通条約のみの締結国で発給された国際免許を所持していても日本で運転ができません。例えば、ドイツやスイスはウィーン交通条約のみの締結国で国際運転免許証は日本では有効ではありません。ただし、2国間の取り決めで翻訳文を添付すれば有効ですので、発給国によって確認する必要があります。また、ジュネーブ交通条約において18歳に満たない者は批准国内で有効な運転免許を保有しても、国際運転免許証の発給は発行日を18歳になる日付を指定して発給されます。 外国の運転免許証で運転を希望される方は、日本語翻訳文と当該免許証原本を同時に携帯することにより、日本の法令に則って運転ができる場合があります。次に挙げる国が対象で、スイス、ドイツ、フランス、ベルギー、モナコ、エストニア、台湾です。ただし、この翻訳文で運転できるのは、日本入国日から一年間です。ですから、長期に渡り日本に滞在し運転を希望される方は、国際免許証をお持ちの方同様に、日本の運転免許証の切替をお勧めします。 一般社団法人であるJAFでは外国運転免許証の日本語翻訳文・特定国運転免許証の日本語翻訳文を発行するサービスがあります。また、日本運転免許証の中国語翻訳文の発行、外国語版「交通の教則」の紹介もしていますので利用価値があります。
To switch your foreign driver’s license to a Japanese driver’s license, you need a Japanese translation of your foreign driver’s license. You can switch at the driver’s license center of each prefectural police. Switching must meet two conditions: One is that the foreign driver’s license is valid. You can prove that you have stayed in the country for three months from the date you subsequently obtained your foreign driver’s license. There is also a confirmation of aptitude test and driving skills at the time of switching. Japanese translations are issued by foreign administrative agencies (administrative authorities issuing the foreign driver’s license), embassies and consulate in each country. If you have an INTERNATIONAL DRIVER LICENCE(IDP),you can drive a car in Japan in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations. You can drive with an international driver’s license for up to one year from the date of entry into Japan. There are caveats and major road traffic treaties include the Geneva Transport Treaty and the Vienna Convention. The Japanese government has only signed the Geneva Transport Convention. Therefore, even if you have an international license issued by a country that concludes only the Vienna Transport Convention, you will not be able to drive in Japan. For example, Germany and Switzerland are only countries that have signed the Vienna Transport Convention, and international driver’s licenses are not valid in Japan. However, it is valid if you attach a translation in an arrangement between thetwo countries, so it is necessary to confirm it by the issuing country just in case. In addition, even if a person under the Geneva Transport Convention under 18 years of age has a valid driver’s license in the ratification country, the issuance of an international driver’s license is the age of 18. If you wish to drive with a foreign driver’s license, you may be able to drive in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations by carrying the Japanese translation and the original driver’s license at the same time. However, the countries including Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco, Estonia and Taiwan are valid. You can drive with this translation for one year from the date of entry into Japan. Therefore, if you wish to stay in Japan for a long time and drive, we recommend that you change your Japanese driver’s license as well as those with an international driver’s license. JAF, a general incorporated association, has a service to issue Japanese translations of foreign driver’s licenses and Japanese translations of driver’s licenses in specific countries. In addition, JAF also issu To switch your foreign driver’s license to a Japanese driver’s license, you need a Japanese translation of your foreign driver’s license. You can switch at the driver’s license center of each prefectural police. Switching must meet two conditions: One is that the foreign driver’s license is valid. You can prove that you have stayed in the country for three months from the date you subsequently obtained your foreign driver’s license. There is also a confirmation of aptitude test and driving skills at the time of switching. Japanese translations are issued by foreign administrative agencies (administrative authorities issuing the foreign driver’s license), embassies and consular periods in each country. If you have an INTERNATIONAL DRIVER(IDP),you can drive a car in Japan in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations. You can drive with an international driver’s license for up to one year from the date of entry into Japan. There are caveats and major road traffic treaties include the Geneva Transport Treaty and the Vienna Convention. The Japanese government has only signed the Geneva Transport Convention. Therefore, even if you have an international license issued by a country that concludes only the Vienna Transport Convention, you will not be able to drive in Japan. For example, Germany and Switzerland are only countries that have signed the Vienna Transport Convention, and international driver’s licenses are not valid in Japan. However,it is valid if you attach a translation in an arrangement between thetwo countries, so it is necessary to confirm it by the issuing country. In addition, even if a person under the Geneva Transport Convention under 18 years of age has a valid driver’s license in the ratification country, the issuance of an international driver’s license is 18 yen. Issued with the date of the year. If you wish to drive with a foreign driver’s license, you may be able to drive in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations by carrying the Japanese translation and the original driver’s license at the same time. The following countries include Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco, Estonia and Taiwan. However, you can drive with this translation for one year from the date of entry into Japan. Therefore, if you wish to stay in Japan for a long time and drive, we recommend that you change your Japanese driver’s license as well as those with an international driver’s license. JAF, a general incorporated association, has a service to issue Japanese translations of foreign driver’s licenses and Japanese translations of driver’s licenses in specific countries. In addition, JAF also issue Chinese translations of Japanese driver’s licenses and introduce foreign language versions of “The Teaching Rules of Transportation”, so it is worth using.
