Getting your license in Japan is similar to getting it in America but there are some obvious key differences. There still are various tests an aptitude test, a written test about the rules of the road, and the practical test within the driving test center. The aptitude test tests for color blindness and other physical qualities you would need to drive. Like in the US the written test you must pass with 70% but is a set of 10 true or false questions.

To get a license in Japan you would usually  attend a driving school. It is much easier than just learning on your own and they work with you until you pass all the sections. and are flexible for all people. There are classes at night, or intensive classes for people with jobs or inflexible schedules. However these schools are also rather pricy.

The main difference come in the driving test which takes place on a driving course at the testing center. You should memorize the course and everything that that it contains so that you can be prepared and pass the test. Like in the US the proctor rides along with you as you drive. But it seems as if there are more instant fails in Japan than the US.. But then again you also need to not make obvious mistakes like forgetting to do simple things.

Because having a license means that you can drive and driving means a sort of freedom from having to rely on others I thing getting your license or learning to drive is a universal symbol for growing up and independence. We talked about how many of the things that constituted adolescent rites of passage were things that lessened dependence on parents and having your own way of going places is one of them. In both Japan and the US getting a drivers license is a sign of growing up and being independent. 


Sources:
http://gakuran.com/driving-in-japan-passing-the-japanese-drivers-test/

http://www.supermelf.com/japan/ajetdrivingbook/chap5.html

    Getting car license in the U.S is different from Japanese way of getting it. Because the U.S is so big country, the way of geiitng driver's license is different from states. 
    At first, I write about usual way of getting driver's license in the U.S. People in the U.S can drive at 16 yaer's old. I think the reason why the age is so young is that this contry is so big that people need to drive. I feel that this becomes myth. To get car license they have to take a test. The way of taking a test is used touch panel. There is no time limit so you don't have to hurry up. There are 40 questions and if you get 75% collects, you will pass it. In addition, you get a temporary license, After that, you will take drive test. After you pass all of these test, you get driver's license. It seems to be easier than Japanese way. I don't think there is symbol, all of these are symple and direct.
    There are some interesting way of getting driver's license. You can get driver's license just 14 year's old which is depending on states. People who are over 18 year's old don't have to take drive test, you take writing test, and you have to take driver's education which drive lesson. 
     In conclusion, there is myth about getting driver's lisence, the way of getting could say in order, there is communitas that is responsibility of driving　and you might chenge the role. You must not drive a car before you get a lisence, but after that, you can do that,so this is transformation. But, there is no symbol about getting driver's lisence, you don't change your role socialy even if you get car lisence, to get it doesn't purify someone or something. As a result, I think that to get a driver's lisence is ritualization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_license_in_the_United_States