Article 97-2Exemption from Driver's License Tests
第九十七条の二（運転免許試験の免除）
A person as referred to in one of the following items is exempt from taking the part of the driver's license test that is prescribed in that item:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者に対しては、それぞれ当該各号に定める運転免許試験を免除する。
a person who has a certificate as prescribed in the second sentence of Article 89, paragraph (3), if it has been less than one year since the date on which the person underwent the assessment prescribed in that paragraph:the part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, or L-MVL, as determined by the category of provisional license held by the person at the time of the test;
a person who has a certificate of graduation as prescribed in Article 99-5, paragraph (5) (but only one accompanied by a certificate prepared by a skills evaluator as prescribed in the second sentence of that paragraph), if it has been less than one year since the date on which the person underwent the skills evaluation in connection with which the certificate of graduation was issued, or a person who has a certificate of completion as prescribed in that paragraph (but only one accompanied by a certificate prepared by a skills evaluator as prescribed in the second sentence of that paragraph; this excludes one that Cabinet Order prescribes), if it has been less than three months since the date on which the person underwent the skills evaluation in connection with which the certificate of completion was issued:the part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article for the license in connection with which the certificate of graduation or certificate of completion was issued;
a person who has failed to undergo license renewal under Article 101, paragraph (1) (excluding a person that Cabinet Order prescribes), for whom six months (or, in the case of a person who was unable to take a driver's license test within that period due to overseas travel, a disaster, or any other unavoidable reason that Cabinet Order prescribes, one month counting from the date on which those circumstances ended, but only if three years have not elapsed counting from the date on which the license lost its validity) have not elapsed counting from the date on which the person's license lost its validity pursuant to Article 105 (hereinafter referred to as a "specified holder of an expired license"), and who has undergone, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, the assessments and the training or education prescribed in each of the following for the category set forth in the following in which the person falls: the driver's license test for the license that the person had held (excluding the test covering the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article):
第百一条第一項の免許証等の更新を受けなかつた者（政令で定める者を除く。）で、その者の免許が第百五条の規定により効力を失つた日から起算して六月（海外旅行、災害その他政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のため、その期間内に運転免許試験を受けることができなかつた者にあつては、当該効力を失つた日から起算して三年を経過しない場合に限り、当該事情がやんだ日から起算して一月）を経過しないもの（以下「特定失効者」という。）のうち、次に掲げる区分に応じそれぞれ次に定める検査及び講習又は教育を内閣府令で定めるところにより受けたもの その者が受けていた免許に係る運転免許試験（前条第一項第一号に掲げる事項についてのものを除く。）
a person aged 75 or older on the date on which the person submitted a license application pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) (limited to a person seeking a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as those for a person for whom, taking into account the status of compliance with the provisions of this Act and orders under this Act and the dispositions based on the provisions of this Act concerning the driving of a large motor vehicle, mid-sized motor vehicle, semi-mid-sized motor vehicle, or standard motor vehicle (hereinafter referred to in this Article and Article 101-4 as a "standard motor vehicle, etc."), and with the provisions of laws pertaining to aiding or abetting a material violation and to an off-road death or injury, driving a standard motor vehicle, etc. may create a risk of traffic hazards on roads; and excluding a person who submitted a medical certificate pursuant to Article 102, paragraphs (1) through (4) within one year before that date (in the case of a medical certificate referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article, limited to one diagnosing whether the person falls under Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i)-2; the same applies in (b) and (c) and in Article 101-4, paragraph (2)), and any other person that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as not required to undergo an assessment concerning the cognitive function prescribed in Article 5-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (hereinafter simply referred to as "cognitive function") that a public safety commission conducts as provided by Cabinet Office Order (hereinafter referred to as a "cognitive assessment") or an examination for licensed drivers, etc. under Article 108-32-3, paragraph (1) that has been accredited under that paragraph as meeting the standards set forth in item (iii), (a) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "cognitive assessment or equivalent examination")): the cognitive assessment or equivalent examination; the assessment concerning the skills necessary for driving a standard motor vehicle, etc. that a public safety commission conducts as provided by Cabinet Office Order (referred to in Article 108-32-3, paragraph (1), item (iii), (b) and Article 112, paragraph (1), item (v)-4 as the "driving skills assessment") or the examination for licensed drivers, etc. under Article 108-32-3, paragraph (1) that has been accredited under that paragraph as meeting the standards set forth in item (iii), (b) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "driving skills assessment or equivalent examination"); and the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii), the training under paragraph (2) of that Article (limited to training that meets the standards that Rules of the National Public Safety Commission prescribe as standards for training having effect equivalent to the training set forth in that item; the same applies in (b) through (d)), or a course of education for licensed drivers, etc. accredited under Article 108-32-2, paragraph (1) (limited to one that meets the standards set forth in item (iii), (b) of that paragraph; the same applies in (b) through (d));
第八十九条第一項の規定により免許申請書を提出した日における年齢が七十五歳以上の者（普通自動車対応免許を受けようとする者であつて大型自動車、中型自動車、準中型自動車又は普通自動車（以下この条及び第百一条の四において「普通自動車等」という。）の運転に関するこの法律及びこの法律に基づく命令の規定並びにこの法律の規定に基づく処分並びに重大違反唆し等及び道路外致死傷に係る法律の規定の遵守の状況を勘案して普通自動車等を運転することが道路における交通の危険を生じさせるおそれがある者として政令で定める基準に該当するものに限り、同日前一年以内に第百二条第一項から第四項までの規定により診断書（同項に規定する診断書にあつては、その者が第百三条第一項第一号の二に該当するかどうかを診断したものに限る。ロ及びハ並びに第百一条の四第二項において同じ。）を提出した者その他公安委員会が内閣府令で定めるところにより行う介護保険法第五条の二第一項に規定する認知機能（以下単に「認知機能」という。）に関する検査（以下「認知機能検査」という。）又は第百八条の三十二の三第一項第三号イに掲げる基準に適合する同項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等検査（以下「認知機能検査等」という。）を受ける必要がないものとして内閣府令で定める者を除く。） 認知機能検査等、公安委員会が内閣府令で定めるところにより行う普通自動車等の運転について必要な技能に関する検査（同号ロ及び第百十二条第一項第五号の四において「運転技能検査」という。）又は第百八条の三十二の三第一項第三号ロに掲げる基準に適合する同項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等検査（以下「運転技能検査等」という。）及び第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習、同条第二項の規定による講習（同号に掲げる講習と同等の効果がある講習の基準として国家公安委員会規則で定める基準に適合するものに限る。ロからニまでにおいて同じ。）又は第百八条の三十二の二第一項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等教育の課程（同項第三号ロに掲げる基準に適合するものに限る。ロからニまでにおいて同じ。）
a person aged 75 or older on the date on which the person submitted a license application pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) (excluding a person seeking a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes in (a), a person who submitted a medical certificate pursuant to Article 102, paragraphs (1) through (4) within one year before that date, and any other person that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as not required to undergo a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination): the cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, and the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii), the training under paragraph (2) of that Article, or a course of education for licensed drivers, etc. accredited under Article 108-32-2, paragraph (1);
第八十九条第一項の規定により免許申請書を提出した日における年齢が七十五歳以上の者（普通自動車対応免許を受けようとする者であつてイの政令で定める基準に該当するもの及び同日前一年以内に第百二条第一項から第四項までの規定により診断書を提出した者その他認知機能検査等を受ける必要がないものとして内閣府令で定める者を除く。） 認知機能検査等及び第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習、同条第二項の規定による講習又は第百八条の三十二の二第一項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等教育の課程
a person aged 75 or older on the date on which the person submitted a license application pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) (limited to a person seeking a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes in (a) and who is a person who submitted a medical certificate pursuant to Article 102, paragraphs (1) through (4) within one year before that date or any other person that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as not required to undergo a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination): the driving skills assessment or equivalent examination, and the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii), the training under paragraph (2) of that Article, or a course of education for licensed drivers, etc. accredited under Article 108-32-2, paragraph (1);
第八十九条第一項の規定により免許申請書を提出した日における年齢が七十五歳以上の者（普通自動車対応免許を受けようとする者であつてイの政令で定める基準に該当し、かつ、同日前一年以内に第百二条第一項から第四項までの規定により診断書を提出した者その他認知機能検査等を受ける必要がないものとして内閣府令で定める者であるものに限る。） 運転技能検査等及び第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習、同条第二項の規定による講習又は第百八条の三十二の二第一項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等教育の課程
a person aged 70 or older on the date on which the person submitted a license application pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) (excluding the persons set forth in (a) through (c)): the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii), the training under paragraph (2) of that Article, or a course of education for licensed drivers, etc. accredited under Article 108-32-2, paragraph (1);
第八十九条第一項の規定により免許申請書を提出した日における年齢が七十歳以上の者（イからハまでに掲げる者を除く。） 第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習、同条第二項の規定による講習又は第百八条の三十二の二第一項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等教育の課程
a person other than those set forth in (a) through (d): the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi), the training under paragraph (2) of that Article (limited to training that meets the standards that Rules of the National Public Safety Commission prescribe as standards for training having effect equivalent to the training set forth in that item), or a course of education for licensed drivers, etc. accredited under Article 108-32-2, paragraph (1) (limited to one that meets the standards set forth in item (iii), (a) of that paragraph).
イからニまでに掲げる者以外の者 第百八条の二第一項第十一号に掲げる講習、同条第二項の規定による講習（同号に掲げる講習と同等の効果がある講習の基準として国家公安委員会規則で定める基準に適合するものに限る。）又は第百八条の三十二の二第一項の認定を受けた同項の運転免許取得者等教育の課程（同項第三号イに掲げる基準に適合するものに限る。）
a person who has failed to undergo license renewal under Article 101, paragraph (1) for a license that allowed the person to drive a large, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, or standard motor vehicle (excluding persons that Cabinet Order prescribes in the preceding item), if more than six months but less than one year has elapsed since the date on which the person's license lost its validity pursuant to Article 105: the driver's license test covering the matters set forth in paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) of the preceding Article for any one of the provisional L-MVL, provisional M-MVL, provisional SM-MVL, or provisional S-MVL, according to the category of the license that the person had held; or
a person whose license has been revoked pursuant to Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4) (limited to a revocation pertaining to any of items (i) through (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article) (excluding a person who committed a violation under Article 117-4, paragraph (1), item (iii) in connection with the most recent submission of a questionnaire pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 101, paragraph (1), or Article 101-2, paragraph (1), or the most recent report pursuant to Article 101-5, made before the date of the revocation, and any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes), and for whom three years have not elapsed counting from the date on which the license was revoked (hereinafter referred to as a "specified person stripped of driving privileges"), who has undergone, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, the assessments and the training or education prescribed in the corresponding one of (a) through (e) of item (iii) for the category set forth in (a) through (e) of that item: the driver's license test for the license that the person had held (excluding the test covering the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article):
第百三条第一項又は第四項の規定による免許の取消し（同条第一項第一号から第二号までのいずれかに係るものに限る。）を受けた者（当該取消しを受けた日前の直近においてした第八十九条第一項、第百一条第一項若しくは第百一条の二第一項の規定による質問票の提出又は第百一条の五の規定による報告について第百十七条の四第一項第三号の違反行為をした者その他政令で定める者を除く。）で、その者の免許が取り消された日から起算して三年を経過しないもの（以下「特定取消処分者」という。）のうち、第三号イからホまでに掲げる区分に応じそれぞれ同号イからホまでに定める検査及び講習又は教育を内閣府令で定めるところにより受けたもの その者が受けていた免許に係る運転免許試験（前条第一項第一号に掲げる事項についてのものを除く。）
A public safety commission may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), refrain from exempting a person who has undergone a driving skills assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to item (iii) or (v) of that paragraph, and whose result of that driving skills assessment or equivalent examination falls under the criteria that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as indicating that there is an impediment to driving a standard motor vehicle, etc., from the driver's license test prescribed in item (iii) or (v) of that paragraph.
Beyond what is prescribed in paragraph (1), if a person seeking a license holds a license to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle from an administrative agency or authorized organization in a country or region outside Japan, a public safety commission may exempt the person from part of the driver's license test, as provided by Cabinet Order, after confirming that there is nothing to prevent the person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle that the license the person is seeking would be for.
Beyond what is prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, if a public safety commission, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes, finds that there is nothing to prevent a person seeking a license from driving the motor vehicle or motorized bicycle that the license is for, it may exempt the person from part of the driver's license test.
Article 97-3Stopping Driver's License Tests; Related Considerations
第九十七条の三（運転免許試験の停止等）
If a person has taken or begun to take a driver's license test by wrongful means, a public safety commission may stop the driver's license test or reverse its decision that the person has passed.
公安委員会は、不正の手段によつて運転免許試験を受け、又は受けようとした者に対しては、その運転免許試験を停止し、又は合格の決定を取り消すことができる。
A public safety commission that reverses its decision that a person has passed a driver's license test pursuant to the preceding paragraph must immediately notify that person. In such a case, the license that the driver's license test was for ceases to be valid on the date on which the person receives the notice.
A public safety commission may prohibit a person subject to the measures under paragraph (1) from taking driver's license tests for a period of one year or less that it fixes, based on the circumstances.
Section 4-2 Driving Schools
第四節の二 自動車教習所
第九十八条（自動車教習所）
A person operating or managing a driving school (meaning a facility that provides instruction on motor vehicle driving skills and knowledge to persons seeking licenses; the same applies hereinafter) must endeavor to maintain and improve the standards of motor vehicle driving instruction provided at the driving school.
A person operating or managing a driving school may file the following information with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the location of the driving school, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order:
the name and address of the person and, if it is a corporation, the name of its representative;
氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者の氏名
the name and location of the driving school; and
自動車教習所の名称及び所在地
information that Cabinet Office Order prescribes beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、内閣府令で定める事項
A public safety commission must give the necessary guidance or advice to a person operating or managing a driving school that has made a filing as under the preceding paragraph, in keeping with the style of instruction at the driving school, in order to ensure that motor vehicle driving instruction meets the proper standards.
If it finds it to be necessary, a public safety commission that has given the guidance or advice referred to in the preceding paragraph may request that the Japan Safe Driving Center give the necessary consideration to training employees in charge of instruction in motor vehicle driving skills or knowledge at the driving school in connection with the guidance or advice, and to other measures for improving the quality of those employees.
Pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a public safety commission may ask a person operating or managing a driving school that has made a filing as under paragraph (2) to report as necessary or submit the necessary materials, but only so far as is necessary to give the guidance or advice referred to in paragraph (3).