VehiclesDB

Japan license plate: Motorcycle 126 250

Issued today Documented since 1970. Motorcycle plates, issued by 国土交通省 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). One of 47 Japan license plates.

Japan license plate, Motorcycle 126 250 (documented since 1970), sample 7 67-37
Make this plate with your text Download the blank template (SVG) Every Japan license plate

Format, years and the law

Format
9 99-99, for example 7 67-37 (9 any digit)
  • 分類番号
  • 運輸支局等を表示する文字
  • 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
Documented since 1970; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #00693E Background #FFFFFF
Size
230 × 125 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Two statutory silences make this series weaker than its siblings and both are on the face of the rule: the class-code item cites NO appendix (unlike 別表第二 and 別表第二の四) and the use-mark item cites NO appendix (unlike 別表第三 and 別表第二の五). The permitted values of both fields are therefore unsourced.

Legal basis and sources

  1. 第六十三条の四第一項: FOUR fields, and uniquely the class code comes FIRST, before the office mark https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  2. 第六十三条の二第四項 + 第十四号様式 remark (3) (「事業用自動車にあつては緑地に白文字とし、自家用自動車にあつては白地に緑文字とすること」) and the drawing (230 x 125 mm, no border) https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  3. 第九十七条の三: 検査対象外軽自動車 are not inspected; the user notifies the District Transport Bureau and is assigned a vehicle number https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185

This plate in your app

The series id is jp-motorcycle-126-250. 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-motorcycle-126-250")'
Check plate formats in your app

More license plates

Nearest to Japan