# MenkyoQuest — About

> MenkyoQuest is a free web app for studying for the Japanese driver's license written test. We source content from the National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road and pair it with AI-drafted explanations.

## 1. Purpose

**Operator: the MenkyoQuest team** (anonymous team-based operation — not a solo developer; question authoring, review, and operations are split across the team)
**AI attribution: Anthropic Claude is used as a drafting tool for explanations**. Final copyright of the output belongs to the MenkyoQuest team (see §3 for details)

MenkyoQuest is a free web app that gamifies preparation for the Japanese driver's license written test (Standard Class 1) in a pixel-art quest format. It supports learners across the provisional (karimen), full (honmen), and foreign-license conversion (gaimen kirikae) test scenarios. Operating costs are covered by A8.net affiliate ads (Japanese version only); no registration is required and the app is free to use.

## 2. Source and lack of third-party references

- Scope: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road (148-page PDF, National Public Safety Commission Notification No. 3)
- Copyright: The Rules of the Road is excluded from copyright protection under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act ("notifications, orders, directives, and similar acts issued by national or local government bodies")
- No third-party content: MenkyoQuest's questions and explanations are grounded exclusively in the Rules of the Road and the Road Traffic Act (statutory text). We do not reference any other publishers' question banks, websites, or apps
- Statutory citations: We quote articles from the Road Traffic Act, its Enforcement Order, and its Enforcement Regulations where needed; all are public statutory text outside copyright protection (Article 13 §1)

## 3. AI generation process and copyright attribution

- Drafting tool: Anthropic Claude (Claude Agent SDK) is used as a drafting tool
- Human review: The MenkyoQuest team cross-checks each of the 691 questions against the source text and reviews natural-language quality (ongoing sweeps documented in our IMPLEMENTATION_LOG)
- Copyright attribution: Final ownership of the explanation text rests with the MenkyoQuest team. Anthropic is positioned as a drafting tool provider and does not hold copyright over its outputs (per Anthropic's Terms of Service, user outputs belong to the user)
- Source linkage: Every question carries a `Source:` field referencing the relevant section of the Rules of the Road, with the original passage quoted

## 4. Operator information

- Operator: MenkyoQuest team
- Contact: contact@menkyoquest.com
- Location: Japan

## 5. Disclaimer

- MenkyoQuest's content is intended as a study aid; it is not an official test bank and does not guarantee passing the official examinations
- The Road Traffic Act is amended periodically. For the latest authoritative information, refer to the National Police Agency's official PDF, prefectural police websites, or your local driver's license test center
- If you find an error in an AI-drafted explanation, please report it to contact@menkyoquest.com

## 6. Related pages

- Terms of use: https://www.menkyoquest.com/en/terms
- Privacy policy: https://www.menkyoquest.com/en/privacy
- Glossary (54 terms): https://www.menkyoquest.com/en/glossary
- Study guide (8 steps): https://www.menkyoquest.com/en/guide
- Foreign license conversion hub: https://www.menkyoquest.com/en/license-conversion

## 7. Image attribution

Of 35 road-sign SVGs displayed on MenkyoQuest, 25 are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under the PD-Japan-exempt license. The remaining 10 were created in-house by the MenkyoQuest team.

## 8. Language support

MenkyoQuest is published in Japanese (default) and English. The English version launched on 2026-05-11 (Phase 1A + 1B), primarily targeting foreign residents and license conversion applicants. Chinese and Vietnamese versions are under future consideration.

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Source basis: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road manual (Public Domain under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act).
Copyright on AI-drafted explanations belongs to the MenkyoQuest team.
Contact: contact@menkyoquest.com