Short facts about transportation in Japan
| 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: 1,152,207 km
paved: 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 289,204 km (1997
est.) |
| Waterways: |
1,770 km
approximately
note: 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: 630 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,691,174 GRT/15,484,848
DWT
ships by type: bulk 137, cargo 51, chemical tanker 15,
combination bulk 22, combination ore/oil 3, container 22, liquefied gas 49,
passenger 9, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 194, refrigerated cargo 15,
roll on/roll off 49, short-sea passenger 6, vehicle carrier 56 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
173 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 142
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m:
36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 38
914 to 1,523 m:
30
under 914 m: 30 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 31
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 27 (2000
est.) |
| Heliports: |
16 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
