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Japan license plate: Figure local

Issued today 2018 to today. Specialty plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by 国土交通省 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). One of 47 Japan license plates.

Japan license plate, Figure local (2018 to today), sample 849 76-75
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Format, years and the law

Format
999 99-99, for example 849 76-75 (9 any digit)
  • 運輸支局等を表示する文字
  • 分類番号
  • 平仮名又はローマ字
  • 四けた以下のアラビア数字

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
2018 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Colours
Characters #00693E Background #FFFFFF
Size
330 × 165 mm · every country's size

Legal basis and sources

  1. 第一号様式（自動車登録番号標）（第十一条関係） remark (3) closing clause 「…とするほか、国土交通大臣の定めるところによる。」, the delegation this programme hangs on; the ministerial notice itself was NOT pinned https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  2. 第十一条 + 第一号様式: the base plate the artwork is laid over is unchanged, which is why the number itself is the ordinary one https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  3. 図柄ナンバープレート（地方版）: 「【第1弾】2018年10月1日～ 【第2弾】2020年5月11日～ 【第3弾】2023年10月23日～ 【第4弾】2025年5月7日～」; eligible: 自家用登録車, 事業用登録車, 自家用軽自動車 https://www.mlit.go.jp/jidosha/zugaranumber_top/
  4. MLIT: 「平成３０年１０月頃より、地域の魅力ある風景や観光資源を図柄にしたプレートの交付を開始します。」 and 「当面、地域毎に１種類とする」 https://www.mlit.go.jp/jidosha/jidosha_tk6_000031.html

This plate in your app

The series id is jp-figure-local-2018. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Japan's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "jp-figure-local-2018")'
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