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Japanese Driver's License Types - YAML

Driver's license types are classified into three categories: Class 1 license (for general vehicle operation), Class 2 license (for passenger transport and commercial purposes), and provisional license (for practice). Class 1 licenses are further subdivided into 10 types: large vehicles, medium vehicles, quasi-medium vehicles, ordinary vehicles, large special vehicles, large motorcycles, ordinary motorcycles, small special vehicles, motorized bicycles, and towed vehicles. Each type defines the range of vehicles that can be operated, with higher-level licenses allowing operation of lower-level vehicles as well.
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- code: "1-1"
  slug: "large-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Large Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Large Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating large vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 21
    licensePeriodYears: 3
    prerequisiteLicenses:
      - "ordinary"
      - "medium"
      - "large-special"
  vehicleSpecs:
    grossWeightMinKg: 11000
    maxLoadMinKg: 6500
    seatingCapacityMin: 30
  includes:
    - "medium-vehicle"
    - "quasi-medium-vehicle"
    - "ordinary-vehicle"
    - "large-special"
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-2"
  slug: "medium-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Medium Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Medium Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating medium vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 20
    licensePeriodYears: 2
    prerequisiteLicenses:
      - "ordinary"
      - "large-special"
  vehicleSpecs:
    grossWeightMinKg: 7500
    grossWeightMaxKg: 10999
    maxLoadMinKg: 4500
    maxLoadMaxKg: 6499
    seatingCapacityMin: 11
    seatingCapacityMax: 29
  includes:
    - "quasi-medium-vehicle"
    - "ordinary-vehicle"
    - "large-special"
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-3"
  slug: "quasi-medium-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Quasi-Medium Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Quasi-Medium Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating quasi-medium vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 18
  vehicleSpecs:
    grossWeightMinKg: 3500
    grossWeightMaxKg: 7499
    maxLoadMinKg: 2000
    maxLoadMaxKg: 4499
    seatingCapacityMax: 10
  includes:
    - "ordinary-vehicle"
    - "large-special"
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-4"
  slug: "ordinary-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Ordinary Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Ordinary Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating ordinary vehicles. The most common type of license."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 18
  vehicleSpecs:
    grossWeightMaxKg: 3499
    maxLoadMaxKg: 1999
    seatingCapacityMax: 10
  includes:
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-5"
  slug: "large-special-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Large Special Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Large Special Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating large special vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "special"
  requirements:
    age: 18
  includes:
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-6"
  slug: "large-motorcycle"
  name: "Large Motorcycle Driver's License"
  shortName: "Large Motorcycle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating large motorcycles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "two-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 18
  vehicleSpecs:
    displacementMinCc: 401
    ratedOutputMinKw: 20.1
  includes:
    - "ordinary-motorcycle"
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-7"
  slug: "ordinary-motorcycle"
  name: "Ordinary Motorcycle Driver's License"
  shortName: "Ordinary Motorcycle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating ordinary motorcycles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "two-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 16
  vehicleSpecs:
    displacementMinCc: 51
    displacementMaxCc: 400
    ratedOutputMinKw: 0.601
    ratedOutputMaxKw: 20
  includes:
    - "small-special"
    - "moped"
- code: "1-8"
  slug: "small-special-vehicle"
  name: "Small Special Vehicle Driver's License"
  shortName: "Small Special Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating small special vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "special"
  requirements:
    age: 16
  vehicleSpecs:
    lengthMaxM: 4.7
    widthMaxM: 1.7
    heightMaxM: 2
    maxSpeedMaxKmh: 15
  includes:
[]
- code: "1-9"
  slug: "moped"
  name: "Motorized Bicycle Driver's License"
  shortName: "Moped License"
  description: "Class 1 license for operating motorized bicycles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "two-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 16
  vehicleSpecs:
    displacementMaxCc: 50
    ratedOutputMaxKw: 0.6
  includes:
[]
- code: "1-10"
  slug: "towed-vehicle-class1"
  name: "Towed Vehicle Class 1 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Towed Vehicle License"
  description: "Class 1 license for towing other vehicles with large, medium, or ordinary vehicles."
  category: "class1"
  categoryName: "Class 1 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    age: 18
  includes:
[]
- code: "2-1"
  slug: "large-vehicle-class2"
  name: "Large Vehicle Class 2 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Large Vehicle Class 2 License"
  description: "Class 2 license for passenger transport and commercial operation of large vehicles."
  category: "class2"
  categoryName: "Class 2 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    prerequisiteLicense: "large-vehicle-class1"
  includes:
[]
- code: "2-2"
  slug: "medium-vehicle-class2"
  name: "Medium Vehicle Class 2 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Medium Vehicle Class 2 License"
  description: "Class 2 license for passenger transport and commercial operation of medium vehicles."
  category: "class2"
  categoryName: "Class 2 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    prerequisiteLicense: "medium-vehicle-class1"
  includes:
[]
- code: "2-3"
  slug: "ordinary-vehicle-class2"
  name: "Ordinary Vehicle Class 2 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Ordinary Vehicle Class 2 License"
  description: "Class 2 license for passenger transport and commercial operation of ordinary vehicles."
  category: "class2"
  categoryName: "Class 2 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    prerequisiteLicense: "ordinary-vehicle-class1"
  includes:
[]
- code: "2-4"
  slug: "large-special-vehicle-class2"
  name: "Large Special Vehicle Class 2 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Large Special Vehicle Class 2 License"
  description: "Class 2 license for commercial operation of large special vehicles."
  category: "class2"
  categoryName: "Class 2 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "special"
  requirements:
    prerequisiteLicense: "large-special-vehicle-class1"
  includes:
[]
- code: "2-5"
  slug: "towed-vehicle-class2"
  name: "Towed Vehicle Class 2 Driver's License"
  shortName: "Towed Vehicle Class 2 License"
  description: "Class 2 license for commercial towing operations."
  category: "class2"
  categoryName: "Class 2 Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "four-wheel"
  requirements:
    prerequisiteLicense: "towed-vehicle-class1"
  includes:
[]
- code: "3-1"
  slug: "provisional-license"
  name: "Provisional Driver's License"
  shortName: "Provisional License"
  description: "Provisional license for practice before obtaining a Class 1 license."
  category: "provisional"
  categoryName: "Provisional Driver's License"
  vehicleType: "practice"
  requirements:
    writtenExamPassed: true
  validityPeriodMonths: 6
  includes:
[]