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Japan license plate: Motorcycle over 250 cc

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 over 250 cc (documented since 1970), sample 74-16
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Format, years and the law

Format
99-99, for example 74-16 (9 any digit)
  • 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 follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

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
MOTORCYCLES OVER 250 cc, AND THE SHORTEST STATUTORY COMPOSITION IN JAPAN: 第三十六条の十八第一項 lists THREE fields, not four.
How the region is encoded
Field 1 is the same statutory office mark as every other Japanese number, by the cross-reference in 第三十六条の十八第二項 to 第三十六条の十七第二項 and thence to 自動車登録規則 別表第一.

Legal basis and sources

  1. 第三十六条の十八第一項: 二輪の小型自動車の車両番号 is THREE fields, office mark, use mark, and four-or-fewer digits. There is NO class code. https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  2. 第四十五条第一項第三号 + 第十三号様式 remark (3) (colours + border) and remarks (4)-(6) + the drawing (230 x 125 mm) https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  3. 第七十三条第一項 (display obligation for 二輪の小型自動車), 第六十条第一項 (the number is assigned on first inspection) https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185

This plate in your app

The series id is jp-motorcycle-over250. 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-over250")'
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