RI,IR,IRQ,J


 INDONESIA

Located in
Southeast
Asia
Independent
from
Netherlands
1945
OVAL : RI
ISO : ID

Current plates consists of one or two letters denoting the province ,
followed by four serial digits and one or two letters.The expiration
date appears alternately above or below the registration.
Color of the plate indicates the type of vehicle :
White on black : Cars and M/C
black on yellow : Commercial
white on red : Goverment
red on white Temporary
black on white : diplomatic

1990 Pass from Malang
1993 Government from Jakarta
























 IRAN


Located

in

Southwest

Asia

Independent
OVAL : IR
ISO : IR

Current plates consists of a five digit serial number above the full name
of the provincial capital. Plates are in Farsi script which is similiar to
Arabic . Color of plate denotes type of vehicle :
black on white : private vehicles , Tehran government vehicles
black on orange : commercial and taxis
black on purple : government outside Tehran

























 IRAQ

90

Located

in

Southwest

Asia

Independent
from
British
protection
in
1932

OVAL : IRQ
ISO : IQ

Current plates are all in Arabic. Top line consists of a serial number
seperated from the bottom with a line.The lower line consists of the
country name followed by a vertical line and than the city name.
Color of the plate indicates type of vehicle :
Black on white : private vehicles
black on yellow : commercial
white on red : taxi's and buses
white on blue : government

Iraq Military plate
























 JAPAN


Located
in

East

Asia


Independent

OVAL : J
ISO : JP

Current plates are a two line plate. The smaller top line consists
of a one or two Japanese character indicating the city followed
with a number indicating vehicle class.The larger bottom line
consists of two pair of serial numbers seperated by a hyphen.
In the case of less than four digits , dots are used.The serial is
preceded with a Japanese character which also denotes vehicle class.
Color will also denote vehicle type
dark green on white : vehicles over 550 cc
white on dark green : psv over 550 cc
black on yellow : vehicles under 550 cc
yellow on black : psv under 550 cc

Current 4 wheeled truck 550 cc from Mikawa , Japan


1950 private car , US Forces in Japan

1964 Passenger from Okinawa
Post 1972 Military vehicle in Okinawa