How to translate a driver's license in Okinawa (for a French national)?

2/14/2018 1:55:00 AM

Note: as requested in a comment, here is how I solved the problem in my particular case. It is a workaround that hopefully will help others.

France and South Korea have an agreement and a French driver license can be exchanged for a Korean driver license. All you need is to go to a regional driver’s license examination office, do a medical checkup (eyesight) and (depending on the country where the driver license was issued) sit through a written examination. See the official website of the Korean road traffic authority for details (in particular, eligible countries, processing fee, and required documents). It took me about an hour to do the whole process. When leaving South Korea, you can return the Korean driver license in exchange of your original license (though, in my own case, when I went to get my French license back, the employee let me keep the Korean one too). I guess this is possible to do this in other countries.

Now, Japan and South follow the same international convention about international driver licenses, and an international driver license issued in South Korea is valid for one year in Japan. It can be issued in a few minutes in the regional driver’s license examination office, or a police station with a traffic affairs service. It got mine in 15 minutes.

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