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Railways:
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total: 26,435 km
standard gauge: 3,978 km 1.435-m gauge (3,978 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.372-m gauge (96 km electrified); 22,313 km 1.067-m gauge (15,235 km electrified); 48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified) (2009) |
Transportation - note:
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void |
Roadways:
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total: 1,203,777 km
paved: 961,366 km (includes 7,560 km of expressways)
unpaved: 242,411 km (2008) |
Waterways:
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1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2010) |
Pipelines:
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gas 4,135 km; oil 171 km; oil/gas/water 53 km (2010) |
Ports and terminals:
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Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama |
Merchant marine:
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total: 673
by type: bulk carrier 152, cargo 31, carrier 3, chemical tanker 28, container 2, liquefied gas 63, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 120, petroleum tanker 152, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 52, vehicle carrier 54
foreign-owned: 1 (Norway 1)
registered in other countries: 3,064 (Bahamas 93, Belize 1, Bermuda 2, Burma 1, Cambodia 2, Cayman Islands 19, China 2, Cyprus 19, Honduras 4, Hong Kong 84, Indonesia 7, Isle of Man 15, Liberia 102, Malaysia 4, Malta 5, Marshall Islands 41, Netherlands 1, Panama 2347, Philippines 82, Portugal 9, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Sierra Leone 3, Singapore 146, South Korea 15, Thailand 2, UK 4, Vanuatu 44, unknown 4) (2010) |
Airports:
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176 (2010) |
Airports density:
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718,612 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 144
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 38
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 27 (2010) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 28 (2010) |
Heliports:
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15 (2010) |
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This page was last updated on 3 February, 2012 |
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