Japan resident Dee wrote in our last column that she had lost her U.K. driving license and couldn't get a new one from the British licensing authority because she is no longer living in the country.
Many U.K. rental companies refuse to accept the piece of paper that gives her entitlement to drive, saying they need the "proper license," Dee explained. Here are two responses from readers to Dee's plight.
P.W. from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Pref., says that if she has managed to obtain a new U.K. license (card and document), she ("and any other U.K. readers of your fine newspaper") can easily obtain a Japanese license.