Japan license plate: Imperial
Issued today Documented since 1951. Government plates for car, issued by 国土交通省 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). One of 47 Japan license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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9, for example8(9 any digit)- 皇
- 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
- Documented since 1951; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car.
- Colours
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Characters
#D4AF37Background#C0C0C0 - About this plate
- THE IMPERIAL PLATE, and it is a ministerial-ordinance provision rather than a courtesy: 第十一条第二項 requires Form No. 1-2 for vehicles under the Imperial Household Agency used exclusively by the Emperor, Empress or Empress Dowager. The Form does not state how many digits the number may have, 「下段の数字」 without a count, so no width claim is made.
Legal basis and sources
- 第十一条第二項: 「宮内庁の所管に属する自動車であつて、専ら天皇、皇后又は皇太后の用に供すべきものの自動車登録番号標は、第一号様式の二による。」 https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
- 第一号様式の二 remarks (1)-(5): 「上段の『皇』及び下段の数字をもつて表示する」; 梨地 + drawn pattern; 「銀色地に金文字」; 4 mm stroke https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
This plate in your app
The series id is jp-imperial. 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-imperial")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-imperial.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-imperial/template.svg
