Japan: Transportation

Transportation Japan
Railways:
 total: 23,167 km (15,995 km electrified)
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 19,855 km 1.067-m gauge (12,683 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (31 km electrified) (2002)
Highways:
 total: 1,161,894 km
paved: 534,471 km (including 6,455 km of expressways)
unpaved: 627,423 km (1999)
Waterways:
 1,770 km approximately
note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas
Pipelines:
 gas 2,719 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 60 km (2003)
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: 568 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 10,149,196 GRT/12,680,544 DWT
foreign-owned: China 1, Panama 1, Philippines 1, Singapore 1
registered in other countries: 1,989 (2003 est.)
by type: bulk 113, cargo 39, chemical tanker 18, combination bulk 31, combination ore/oil 1, container 14, liquefied gas 53, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 170, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 58, short-sea/passenger 7, vehicle carrier 49
Airports:
 174 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
 total: 143
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 37
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 32 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 39
Airports - with unpaved runways:
 total: 31
over 3047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 26 (2003 est.)
Heliports:
 15 (2003 est.)

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