Last year, we reported on a trend wherein Chinese nationals, who already have Chinese driver’s licenses, come to Japan for a week or so on a tourist visa and pick up a Japanese driver’s license while ...

The Japanese government introduced stricter rules governing the conversion of foreign driver's licenses on Wednesday, with nonresidents no longer permitted to use the system following a recent spate ...

For a long time, Japan had a very convenient system for licensed drivers from other countries to convert their permits to Japanese ones. For some, this involved a very, very, very simplified version ...