①A person who falls under any of the items of Article 88, paragraph (1) may not take a driver's license test for a class 1 license; provided, however, that, in the case of the driver's license test for an SM-MVL or an S-MVL, a person 17 years and six months of age or older (excluding a person who falls under any of items (ii) to (iv) of that paragraph) may also take it.

②A person seeking to take a driver's license test for an L-MVL (other than persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must currently hold an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, or SL-MVL, and must have held any one of those licenses for at least three years (or one year, for persons that have completed the instruction that Cabinet Order prescribes) in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended).

③A person seeking to take a driver's license test for an M-MVL (other than persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must currently hold an S-MVL, SM-MVL, or SL-MVL, and must have held any one of those licenses for at least two years (or one year, for persons that have completed the instruction that Cabinet Order prescribes) in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended).

④A person may not take a driver's license test for a towing license unless that person currently holds an S-MVL, M-MVL, SM-MVL, L-MVL, SL-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, class 2 L-MVL, or class 2 SL-MVL.

⑤A person other than as referred to in one of the following items may not take a driver's license test for a class 2 license:

⑥A person whose license is under suspension pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of that Article and persons that Cabinet Order prescribes as equivalent thereto are not included in the meaning of a person currently holding a license as prescribed in paragraphs (2) through (4) and in the items of the preceding paragraph.

⑦A person prescribed in Article 88, paragraph (2) may not take the driver's license test for a provisional license.

A person seeking to take a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, or L-MVL, or for a class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL (other than persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must currently hold a provisional license (meaning a provisional L-MVL, for a person seeking to take a driver's license test for an L-MVL or class 2 L-MVL; a provisional L-MVL or provisional M-MVL, for a person seeking to take a driver's license test for an M-MVL or class 2 M-MVL; or a provisional L-MVL, provisional M-MVL, or provisional SM-MVL, for a person seeking to take a driver's license test for an SM-MVL) and must have practiced driving a motor vehicle on the road on at least five days within the past three months, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.

①A person denied a license as under the proviso to Article 90, paragraph (1) or (2), a person whose license is revoked pursuant to paragraph (5) or (6) of that Article or Article 103, paragraph (1), (2), or (4), or a person who is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle for a period of over six months pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) (other than persons who have become subject to the measures in question on the grounds that they fall under Article 90, paragraph (1), item (i) through (iii) or item (vii), Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i) through (iv), or Article 107-5, paragraph (1), item (i); referred to as a "person denied or stripped of driving privileges" in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)) must have completed training as set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) within the previous one year's time (this does not include training undergone before the person became subject to the measures in question) in order to take a driver's license test (other than one for a provisional license; the same applies in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who obtains a license (other than a provisional license) after becoming subject to the relevant measures.

②The preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis to a person who has not had a license revoked as under Article 90, paragraph (5) or (6) or Article 103, paragraph (1), (2) or (4) and has not been prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle for a period of over six months pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) (other than on the grounds that the person falls under one of Article 103, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) or Article 107-5, paragraph (1), item (i)) but who seeks to take a driver's license test because the person's license has ceased to be valid or because the person has ceased to hold an international driving permit or foreign driver's license (referred to as a "person who has lost driving privileges" in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)). In such a case, in the preceding paragraph the phrase "training undergone before the person became subject to the measures in question" is deemed to be replaced with "training undergone before the license ceased to be valid or before the person ceased to hold an international driving permit or foreign driver's license" and the phrase "after becoming subject to the relevant measures" is deemed to be replaced with "after the license ceased to be valid or after the person ceased to hold an international driving permit or foreign driver's license".

①Driver's license tests are administered to test persons on the points set forth in the following items for each type of license (this means covering the points set forth in items (i) and (iii), in the case of a driver's license test for an SS-MVL or MBL, and the points set forth in items (i) and (ii), in the case of a driver's license test for a towing license):

②The part of a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, L-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL covering the point set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is to be administered on the road; provided, however, that this does not apply to any portion of a driver's license test that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as likely to hinder road traffic.

③The part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is administered within the scope of the rules of the road prepared by the National Public Safety Commission pursuant to Article 108-28, paragraph (4).

④Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the procedures for implementing driver's license tests, the way they are implemented, and other necessary particulars concerning them.