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Bicycle Theft Prevention Registration: All bicycles must be registered for theft prevention in Japan. When you purchase a bicycle at bike stores, you are required to fill out a registration form with your name, address, phone number and bicycle serial number etc. The registration is called 自転車防犯登録 (jitensha bouhan touroku) in Japanese and it costs ¥600. After the paperwork has been filled out, the store will put a registration sticker on your new bike, and give you a copy of the form that has your registration number. Your registration information will be entered into police database. This system helps identify and return recovered bicycles to their rightful owners. In case of theft: Please repot the police immediately, tell your registration number stated in the copy. When the police finds your bicycle they will contact you.

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Bicycle Registration

All bicycles must be registered in Japan.
When you purchase a bicycle (at a bike store), you fill out a registration form with your name, address, phone number and bicycle serial number. The registration is called 自転車防犯登録 (jitensha bouhan touroku) in Japanese and it costs ¥600.
After the paperwork has been filled out, the store puts a registration sticker on your new bike, and gives you a copy of the registration form.
Your registration information is entered into a police database. This system helps identify and return recovered bicycles to their rightful owners.
In case of theft:
Please report the theft to the police immediately.  Give the police your registration number. When the police finds your bicycle, they will contact you.


For repeating events, the simple present tense is used.

When you purchase a bicycle, you fill out a form. The store puts a sticker on your bike, ....

For single events, multiple tenses are used.

If you buy a bicycle, you will fill out a registration form, the store will put a sticker on the bike, .... 

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