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Originally Posted by blimp
1. sangetsu, we r not all holders of a US driving license. getting a driving license took me all together, 4-5 h. unfortunately i forgot how much i paid for it. 4,000 yen perhaps. a bonus for the poster is that one of the two driving license centres in Tokyo is close to minami-sunamachi. now, if he or she (the poster) has no driving license or only has a driving license from a country without a mutual recognition agreement with japan it is indeed a wee bit more complicated.
2. the insurance card, as a regular employee u don't have to do anything.
unfortunately i don't remember how soon u get it.
3. my understanding is that u can open a bank account at any bank using either a driving license or the insurance card. pls, prove me wrong.
4. why i recommend not using an alien registration card is that some major domestic banks won't let ppl with less than 6 months in japan open up a bank account.
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Yes, you can get open an account with a license (and in come cases, an insurance card), but even so, you need the residency card to get the license, right?