We called the Japanese embassy in Kuwait this morning and they said it's nearly impossible to drive in Japan without 1949 GC IDP. For those people from Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Slovenia, Monaco and Taiwan they can drive because they have signed a separate agreement with Japan allowing them to drive with only a Japanese translation + their local DL.
Now the embassy actually told us about a possible solution which is getting a driver license from UAE (Dubai) !! as they are part of the 1949 GC.
I'm not sure if Narita Airport would ask about the driver license? if not, then i can drive without a DL but i will end up in trouble if caught by a police.
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