{"id":598,"date":"2013-03-28T06:25:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T06:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2013-03-29T06:59:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T06:59:30","slug":"license-conversion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/guides-and-info\/current-jets\/license-conversion","title":{"rendered":"Licence Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can drive legally in Japan, using an International Driver\u2019s Permit for a maximum of 12 months after your entry into Japan. If you leave Japan for 3 consecutive months, the clock starts again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECOND AND THIRD YEAR YEAR JETs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unless you have left Japan for over 3 months between your first and second year, you must have a Japanese Driver\u2019s license in order to drive legally.\u00a0The consequences of driving without a Japanese licence under these\u00a0circumstances can be severe, up to and including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>1 year in jail<\/li>\n<li>deduction of 12 points off your licence<\/li>\n<li>2 year licence suspension<\/li>\n<li>300,000 yen fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONVERTING TO A JAPANESE LICENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In order to convert your licence to a Japanese one, please go the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/?page_id=529\" target=\"_blank\">Driving Test Guide<\/a> of this site to get in-depth knowledge of the procedures involved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can drive legally in Japan, using an International Driver\u2019s Permit for a maximum of 12 months after your entry into Japan. If you leave Japan for 3 consecutive months, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":88,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","count-0","even alt","author-toyamapa","last"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions\/722"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}