Japan police release data on accidents by foreign drivers for 1st time

Japan's National Police Agency has released data on traffic accidents resulting in deaths or serious injuries caused by foreign drivers for the first time, soon after saying rules for converting overseas licenses to Japanese ones would be tightened.Such accidents caused by foreign drivers accounted for 2.1 percent of the total in the first half of this year, up from 1.9 percent from the previous year and 1.1 percent in 2015, according to the agency's figures released in late July.Of the 258 accidents reported, 84.5 percent involved holders of Japanese driver's licenses, followed by 6.2 perc…READ FULL ARTICLE