# Japan license plate: Registered special purpose 2-digit > The Japan registered special purpose 2-digit license plate: format 89 99-99, for example 87 63-72, documented 1970 to 1999. Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-2digit · 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 special purpose 2-digit (documented 1970 to 1999)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-special-purpose-2digit/japan-license-plate-registered-special-purpose-2-digit.svg) | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Format | `89 99-99` (9 any digit) | | Years | ~1970–1999 (documented from 1970; the format is likely older) | | Class | standard | | Issued for | ambulance, motorhome, truck, 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-special-purpose-2digit` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-2digit) | 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) - [secondary: two-digit codes from October 1967, nationwide by April 1971, last issued 1999](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 8-series carries ambulances, fire appliances, hearses, refrigerated bodies, camper conversions and mobile shops, the statute names sprinklers, advertising vehicles and hearses expressly. ## Before and after | Relation | Series | Years | |---|---|---| | Replaced by | [Registered goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-3digit) | 1998 to today | ## 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 bus 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-3digit) (1998 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) ## Use it - Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-special-purpose-2digit.svg - Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/japan?series=jp-registered-special-purpose-2digit - API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "jp-registered-special-purpose-2digit"` (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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