# Japan license plate: Registered bus 3-digit > The Japan registered bus 3-digit license plate: format 299 99-99, for example 287 14-74, 1998 to today, bus. What each character means, its sizes and sources. Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-3digit · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms Part of [Japan license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan) (47 registration series). ![Japan license plate, Registered bus 3-digit (1998 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-bus-3digit/japan-license-plate-registered-bus-3-digit.svg) | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Format | `299 99-99` (9 any digit) | | Years | 1998 → today | | Class | standard | | Issued for | bus | | Plate size | 330 × 165 mm | | Other sizes | 440 × 220 mm: 大型番号標 — Form No. 1 remark (4) proviso: 普通自動車 of 8,000 kg or more gross vehicle weight, 5,000 kg or more maximum load, or 30 or more seats. The drawing carries both sets of dimensions, the large one in parentheses throughout (remark (7)). | | Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #00693E | | Rear plate differs from the front | no | | Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. | | Series id | `jp-registered-bus-3digit` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-3digit) | Sources: - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345M50000800007) - [第一号様式（自動車登録番号標）（第十一条関係） remark (3): 「自動車登録番号標の塗色は、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ほか、国土交通大臣の定めるところによる。」 and remarks (4)-(7) + the drawing: 330 x 165 mm, (440 x 220) for the vehicles in the remark (4) proviso](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074) - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/345M50000800007) - [運輸白書 平成10年: 「１０年５月６日より、全国２６地域で希望ナンバー制を実施した」 + the 26 areas and the 26 lottery numbers](https://www.mlit.go.jp/hakusyo/transport/heisei10/topic/11.html) - [secondary: 分類番号3桁化 dated 1998-05-19 (pilot) and 1999-05-14 (nationwide) — tagged secondary, see notes](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本のナンバープレート) ## What each position encodes - 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 ## About this plate The seating threshold is ELEVEN, not the ten-plus-driver figure enthusiast sources repeat. THREE-DIGIT NUMERIC CLASS CODE, the current ordinary issue. The period claim is the weakest in this file and is labelled accordingly. What IS primary: the 運輸白書 (Ministry of Transport White Paper) for 1998 records that the 希望番号制 (desired-number system) started 「１０年５月６日より、全国２６地域で」, 6 May 1998, in 26 named areas, and the desired-number system is what the third digit exists to serve. What is NOT primary: the 3-digit rollout dates themselves. ja.wikipedia gives 19 May 1998 for the pilot areas and 14 May 1999 for the nationwide switch. ## How the region is encoded It names the OFFICE of the vehicle's base of use at the moment the number was assigned, not the keeper's address, and not necessarily the current location: 第十三条第二項 preserves a number across a boundary redraw. The class code carries no geography at all. ## Before and after | Relation | Series | Years | |---|---|---| | It replaced | [Registered bus 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-2digit) | documented 1970 to 1999 | ## Other standard plates here - [Kei goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei special purpose alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered bus alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered special purpose alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Kei passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Kei special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Registered goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Kei US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Registered classcode 1-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-classcode-1digit) (documented since 1970) - [Registered US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Kei goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Registered bus 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) ## Use it - Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-bus-3digit.svg - Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/japan?series=jp-registered-bus-3digit - API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "jp-registered-bus-3digit"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api) --- Open data, CC BY 4.0: reuse it with a visible credit to VehiclesDB and a link (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution). 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