# Japan license plate: Temporary operation

> The Japan temporary operation license plate: format 99-99, for example 95-40, 1951 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Japan license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan) (47 registration series).

![Japan license plate, Temporary operation (1951 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-temporary-operation/japan-license-plate-temporary-operation.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99-99` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1951 → today |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 330 × 165 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| 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-temporary-operation` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/temporary-operation) |

Sources:

- [第三十四条-第三十六条: 臨時運行の許可 — a municipality or transport office may permit a vehicle without a valid registration to run for a limited period](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185)
- [第二十五条第一項 + 第三号様式: remark (1) (the four printed elements), remark (2) (the SEPARATE office table), remark (4) (「白地に黒文字とし、斜線は赤色とすること」)](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074)

## What each position encodes

- 運輸支局等を表示する文字
- 四けた以下の数字
- 斜線
- 当該行政庁名: omitted where the plate is lent by a 運輸監理部長 or 運輸支局長 (Form No. 3 remark (1) proviso)

## About this plate

THE RED-DIAGONAL PLATE. Its office table is NOT the registration table: Form No. 3 remark (2) prints its own list of roughly sixty 運輸支局/自動車検査登録事務所 marks, containing none of the ご当地ナンバー place names, and Forms No. 5 and No. 15 both adopt it by reference. A decoder that resolves 知床 or 富士山 on a red-striped plate has used the wrong table.

## Other temporary plates here

- [Temporary kei](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/temporary-kei) (1951 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-temporary-operation.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/japan?series=jp-temporary-operation
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "jp-temporary-operation"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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