Minato Voice

28th February/3rd March 2022

This week’s edition begins with information on the recycling and sale of bicycles.

Minato City repairs and resells bicycles that have been removed by the city but are in good condition.

The day of the next sale is Sunday 13th March. Reception will be open from 10am-10:30am, and then a lottery will be conducted to decide the order of the buyers.

The sale venue will be the Minato Recycling and Waste Management Office’s Works Contact, located at 3-9-6 Moto Azabu, Minato City.

About 15 bicycles will be on sale and priority slots have been set aside for residents of Minato City.

For sales enquiries, please call the Minato City Silver Human Resources Center  on 03-5232-9681.

The subsection in charge at Minato City Hall is the Traffic Affairs Subsection of the Community Transportation Section.

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A light motor vehicle tax (category base) is imposed on people who own scooters, special compact vehicles, two-wheeled vehicles (motorbikes), light three-wheeled vehicles or light four-wheeled vehicles etc. as of 1st April.

If you no longer possess your vehicle because it has been scrapped, given away, stolen, or because you are leaving Japan, you need to complete the de-registration procedures for your vehicle by the end of March.

Delaying the procedure may lead to you being taxed for fiscal 2022 as well.

The contacts for the de-registration procedure are as follows.

For scooters up to 125cc and special compact vehicles, enquire with the Counter Services Subsection of the Residents Support Section at any Regional City Office (except at Shiba Regional City Office, where enquiries should be made to the Consultation Subsection), or the Daiba Annex. 

For two-wheeled vehicles over 125cc, please contact the Tokyo Transport Branch Office.

The address is 1-12-17 Higashi-Oi, Shinagawa City, and the telephone number is 050-5540-2030.

For light three- or four-wheeled vehicles up to 660cc, enquiries should be made to the Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization. 

The address is 3-3-7 Konan, Minato City, and the telephone number is 050-3816-3100.

The subsection in charge at Minato City Hall is the Tax Administration Subsection of the Taxation Section.

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(Audio) 28th February/3rd March 2022 ON AIR: The Recycling and Sale of Bicycles / Information on De-registration Procedures for Vehicles