*The fees will change from March 1, 2024.
Fees for the driver registration system
In designated areas as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 5 of the Special Measures Act for the Rationalization of Taxi Business (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), taxi drivers are required to be registered in the taxi driver registry before working as a taxi driver.
Of the designated areas stipulated in Article 1 of the Enforcement Order of the Act, the Fukuoka region is handled by the Fukuoka City Taxi Association (Fukuoka Taxi Registration Center), an entity registered by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Registration Implementation Agency) in accordance with Article 19, Paragraph 1 of the Act.
The various fees charged at the center are as follows:
*Applicable from January 4, 2024
Registration related
| Application type | Application form | commission |
| ○Registration application | ||
| ①new driver | No. 2 form | 3,300yen |
| ○ Driver's license application | ||
| ①new driver | No. 9 form | 3,300yen |
| ○Notification of changes to registered information | ||
| ①Change of operator | No. 4 form | *The fees for ①, ②, and ③ listed on the left are included in the driver's certificate correction application. *④ is free of charge. |
| ②Change expiration date | No. 4 form | |
| ③change of address | No. 4 form | |
| ④Change of name | No. 4 form | |
| ○Driver's ID correction application | No. 10 form | 2,200yen |
| ○Driver's license reissue application | No. 10 form | 2,200yen |
| ○Application for correction registration | No. 5 form | free |
| ○Application for registration deletion | No. 6 form | free |
| ○Returning your driver's license | 返納届 | free |
| ○Request for copy (view) | No. 7 form | 2,200yen |
| ○Application for career certificate issuance | No. 10-2 form | 2,200yen |
| ○Application for business driver's license issuance | No. 14 form | 1,100yen |
| ○Application for correction of business driver's license | No. 14 form | 1,100yen |
Courses and exams
| Type of course | Applicable | commission |
| ○New course | Fukuoka B District (4 subjects) | 17,450yen |
| Fukuoka C district (3 subjects) | 8,800yen | |
| Geography course only | 8,650yen | |
| ○instruction course | Training based on orders from the Transport Bureau | (2 subjects)6,600yen |
| ○Self-study course | Courses based on member requests (materials fees not included) | (1 subject)3,300yen |
| ○Supplementary lecture | Training based on effectiveness measurement | 2,750yen |
| ○refresher course | Training based on effectiveness measurement | 2,750yen |
| ○test | Laws, Safety, and Hospitality | 3,400yen |
* 2,500 yen per course subject, geography teaching materials 3,000 yen, other 3 subject teaching materials 500 yen (excluding tax)
Download each form
For corporate taxis
- ●Procedures for Driver’s License Issuance
- ●New Training Calendar (from April 2025)
- ●New Training Calendar (October 2025 Onwards)