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Japan license plate: Motorcycle over 250 cc US forces

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 US forces (documented since 1970), sample E 54-42
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Format, years and the law

Format
L 99-99, for example E 54-42 (L is any letter, 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
THE WIDEST DUTY-EXEMPT SET OF THE THREE. A registered vehicle gets ＥＨＫＭＴＹよ and a kei one gets ＡＢ; a motorcycle over 250 cc gets the UNION, ＡＢＥＨＫＭＴＹよ, which is the only place the two alphabets meet.

Legal basis and sources

  1. 第三十六条の十八第一項第二号: the use-mark field for a motorcycle over 250 cc is 「平仮名又はローマ字」 and points at this same 別表第三 https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  2. 第十三号様式 remarks (3)-(6): colours, border and the widths that apply when a Roman letter stands in the use-mark position https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074
  3. 別表第三 group 4: 「日本国籍を有しない者が所有する自家用自動車で、法令の規定により関税又は消費税が免除されているもの及び別に国土交通大臣が指定するもの」 -> ＡＢＥＨＫＭＴＹよ https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/326M50000800074

This plate in your app

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