Article 117-2-2

一a person who, without obtaining the relevant license (this includes if the person's license is suspended pursuant to laws and regulations) or without holding the relevant International Driving Permit or license (this includes if the person falls under one of Article 88, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv), or a person whose period of stay counting from the date of landing in Japan is over one year in total), drives a vehicle or streetcar that may be driven or operated only by a person holding a license issued pursuant to laws and regulations (or by a person that it has been decided may drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle with an International Driving Permit or license pursuant to Article 107-2);

二a person violating Article 64 (Prohibition against Unlicensed Driving and Related Conduct), paragraph (2) (but only if the person provided with the motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle as a result of the violation drives or rides it in violation of paragraph (1) of that Article);

三a person driving a vehicle or streetcar (other than a light road vehicle that is not a bicycle; the same applies in the following item) in violation of Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (1), with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes, within a range of less than 1.0 milligrams per milliliter of blood or less than 0.5 milligrams per liter of breath;

四a person violating Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (2) (but only if the person provided with the vehicle or streetcar as a result of the violation drives it with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in the preceding item; other than as under paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article);

五a person providing a person with an alcoholic beverage in violation of Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (3) (but only if the person provided with the alcoholic beverage as a result of the violation drives a vehicle or streetcar in an intoxicated state);

六a person violating Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (4) (but only if the person violates that paragraph with the knowledge that the driver of the vehicle that the person has gotten into is in an intoxicated state, and the driver drives the vehicle in an intoxicated state);

八a person who, for the purpose of obstructing the passage of another vehicle or streetcar, commits any of the following acts, by a method that is likely to create a road traffic hazard for that other vehicle or streetcar:

イan act that would constitute a violation of Article 17 (Traffic Distribution), paragraph (4);

ロan act that would constitute a violation of Article 18 (Keeping to the Left When Proceeding Down a road; Related Considerations), paragraph (3);

ハan act in violation of Article 24 (Prohibition on Sudden Braking);

ニan act that would constitute a violation of Article 26 (Maintaining Distance between vehicles);

ホan act that would constitute a violation of Article 26-2 (Prohibition on Changing Course), paragraph (2);

ヘan act that would constitute a violation of Article 28 (How to Pass), paragraph (1) or (4);

トan act in violation of Article 52 (Vehicle and Streetcar Lights), paragraph (2);

チan act in violation of Article 54 (Using the Horn), paragraph (2);

リan act in violation of Article 70 (Safe Driving Obligation);

ヌan act that would constitute a violation of Article 75-4 (Minimum Speed Limit);

ルan act that would constitute a violation of Article 75-8 (Prohibition against stopping and Parking), paragraph (1); or

九a person who has been issued a license or Foreign Driving Permit, or has received the recording of specified license information, through deception or other wrongful means.

一when the person violates Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (i);

二when the person violates Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iii) (but only if the violation results in the driver driving a motor vehicle in an intoxicated state or with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph; other than as under paragraph (2), item (i) of the preceding Article); or

三when the person violates Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iv) (other than a case falling under paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article).