Railways
total:
23,670.7 km
standard gauge:
2,893.1 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge:
89.8 km 1.372-m gauge (89.8 km electrified); 20,656.8 km 1.067-m gauge
(10,383.6 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (3.6 km electrified) (1994)
Highways
total:
1.16 million km
paved:
859,560 km (including 6,070 km of expressways)
unpaved:
300,440 km (1996 est.)
Waterways
about 1,770 km; seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas
Pipelines
crude oil 84 km; petroleum products 322 km; natural gas 1,800 km
Ports and harbors
Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji,
Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka,
Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai
Merchant marine
total:
738 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,323,766 GRT/20,709,738 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 169, cargo 55, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 11, combination
ore/oil 6, container 32, liquefied gas tanker 39, oil tanker 244, passenger
7, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 34, roll-on/roll-off cargo 46, short-sea
passenger 16, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 70
note:
Japan owns an additional 1,534 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,985,374
DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Burma, Cayman Islands,
Cyprus, Hong Kong, Honduras, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Norway, Panama, Philippines,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, and Vanuatu (1997 est.)
Airports
167 (1997 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
137
over 3,047 m:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
32
1,524 to 2,437 m:
38
914 to 1,523 m:
29
under 914 m:
31 (1997 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
30
914 to 1,523 m:
2
under 914 m:
28 (1997 est.)
Heliports
14 (1997 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.
