TOKYO, Dec 26 (News On Japan) –
In a transfer to ease Japan’s acute scarcity of taxi drivers, the National Police Agency will make out there the ‘Class 2’ driver’s license take a look at, required for driving passenger transport autos, in a number of overseas languages.
The National Police Agency has been distributing overseas language take a look at samples to police stations nationwide, with Ukrainian added to the checklist final 12 months, making the take a look at accessible in 20 languages.
The ‘Class 1’ driver’s license take a look at, required for driving private autos, has been provided in varied languages since 2009, whereas the ‘Class 2’ take a look at has solely been out there solely in Japanese. This has made it difficult for foreigners to go the take a look at, resulting in a scarcity of drivers.
The NPA can be contemplating rising the utmost each day coaching hours to shorten the coaching interval wanted for acquiring the ‘Class 2’ license.
News On Japan – Dec 26
In a transfer to ease Japan’s acute scarcity of taxi drivers, the National Police Agency will make out there the ‘Class 2’ driver’s license take a look at, required for driving passenger transport autos, in a number of overseas languages.
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