Foreign License Conversion
in Fukushima Prefecture

Police organization:

Fukushima Prefectural Police (福島県警察)

Test center:

Fukushima Driver's License Center (福島運転免許センター) — main center for all conversions. Koriyama Driver's License Center (郡山運転免許センター) accepts ONLY exemption-country (特例国) applicants, and only on Thursdays and Fridays.

City

Fukushima City (Fukushima Center) / Koriyama City (Koriyama Center)

Access

Fukushima Center: 福島市町庭坂字大原1-1 — approx. 10 min walk from JR Ou Main Line Niwasaka Station, or ~30 min by bus from Fukushima Station East Exit. Koriyama Center: 郡山市大槻町美女池上14-6 — ~35 min by bus from JR Koriyama Station. (Addresses are on the official police PDF; station/bus access details are from the untenmenkyo-center.com directory, not the police source. Procedures cannot be done at police stations.)

Test languages:

20 languages (nationwide standard since June 2024)

Reservation required

How to reserve

Telephone reservation required (要予約; applicants without a reservation cannot be processed). Phone only — no online reservation exists. At booking, staff designate the specific time and place to attend; there is no fixed public reception window.

Phone

Fukushima Center: 024-591-4372. Koriyama Center (特例国 applicants only): 024-961-2100.

Reception hours

Phone reservation accepted Mon–Fri (excl. weekends, public holidays, year-end/new-year) 9:00–17:00. The Koriyama Center conducts conversion reception on Thursdays and Fridays only.

No official interpreter/foreign-language service. Applicants who cannot speak or read/write Japanese must bring their own interpreter; interpretation via mobile phone or similar device is not permitted (official PDF). Whether the knowledge confirmation is offered in English is not stated on the official source.

Application fee (申請手数料): large/medium/semi-medium ¥3,900; ordinary ¥2,500; specified-small / general motorcycle ¥2,800; moped ¥1,600. Issuance fee (交付手数料): ¥2,350 (license only), ¥2,450 (license + My Number license), ¥1,550 (My Number license only), +¥200 for an additional endorsement. Example: ordinary car ≈ ¥2,500 + ¥2,350 = ¥4,850, paid by revenue stamps. Confirmed on the official Fukushima Police PDF (R8.1 / January 2026).

A Japanese translation of the foreign license is required and must be produced by one of the accepted issuers: an embassy/consulate, JAF (日本自動車連盟), Ziplus K.K. (ジップラス株式会社), the Japan Inbound Driver Support Association (一般社団法人訪日運転者支援協会), the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association (Taiwan licenses only), or ADAC/German Automobile Association (German licenses only). The Koriyama Center handles ONLY exemption-country (特例国) applicants (Thu/Fri); anyone needing the knowledge confirmation and/or practical test must use the Fukushima Center. Note: U.S. Indiana-state applicants, though from an exemption jurisdiction, still take the knowledge confirmation (no practical). The process includes document review, an interview about driving history, an aptitude (eyesight) test, a knowledge confirmation, and a practical confirmation (except 特例国); practical confirmation may be unavailable in winter due to snow/ice.

We could not confirm the following from primary sources. Please check the official page before relying on them:

• Whether the knowledge confirmation is available in English — the official source only requires applicants to bring their own interpreter and does not state language availability.
• Station/bus access details (Niwasaka 10 min walk, 30/35 min bus) are from a third-party directory (untenmenkyo-center.com), not the official police source.
• Iwaki International Association English support — not confirmed on the police source; removed from notes as unofficial.

Always verify on the prefectural police's official page before you go — addresses, reservation methods, and document requirements change frequently.

• Official page (Japanese) ↗ — open via Google Translate / DeepL
• Official source ↗ https://www.police.pref.fukushima.jp/04.menkyo/-6gaikoku/15gaimen.pdf
• Official source ↗ https://ziplus.jp/switching_license/en/infomation/
• Official source ↗ https://www.untenmenkyo-center.com/fukushima.html

The 6-step process (eligibility → translation → appointment → document screening → 50-question test → practical test) is the same nationwide. See the main hub for the complete walkthrough, document checklist, and translation services.