If you are aged 75 or over and hold a licence allowing you to drive an ordinary car, you only have to make an effort to display the older-driver (koreisha) mark, and you commit no offence by not displaying it.
普通自動車を運転できる免許を持つ75歳以上の人は、高齢者マークを付けるように努めればよく、付けなくても違反にはならない。
This statement is TRUE
Explanation
True. Article 71-5(3) does impose a duty on drivers aged 75+, but Supplementary Provision Article 22 suspends it ("for the time being, Article 71-5(3) shall not apply") and re-reads "70 or over but under 75" in paragraph 4 as "70 or over". So today every driver aged 70 or over — including those 75 and over — is only under a best-efforts duty, and there is no penalty for not displaying the mark.
Original text
第七十一条の五第三項の規定は、当分の間、適用しない。この場合において、同条第四項中「七十歳以上七十五歳未満」とあるのは、「七十歳以上」とする。
Source: Road Traffic Act — 道路交通法 附則第二十二条（高齢運転者標識表示義務に関する当面の措置） · Act No.105 of 1960
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