Types of driver’s license in Japan driving license categories.

There are 3 types of drivers license in Japan.
Class 1 Driver’s License (AT & MT)
Class 2 driver’s license.
Student driving license.

Japan driving license categories

I. Class 1 Driver’s License (AT & MT)
The Class 1 driver’s license will allow you to drive motorized vehicles or mopeds.
The different types of class 1 driver’s licenses are:
Automatic Transmission Limited License (AT)
Manual transmission license (MT).
 The automatic transmission license holder may not drive a manual transmission vehicle.

II. Class 2 driver’s license.
A Class 2 driver’s license is required to drive motor vehicles to transport paying passengers or to operate a properly designated driver service.
Eg: passenger bus, tourist bus, taxi, rental, limousine, etc.

III. Student driving license.
A student driving license is for people practicing to acquire a class 1 driver’s license.
If you intend to practice with a learner’s permit, by law you must be accompanied by a person who has a Class 1 driver’s license for three years or more.
A person who has a class 2 driver’s license or an instructor from a driving school like Saitama Asia Driving School.
That person should have to sit in the front passenger seat next to the person with the learner’s permit.
 
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