| 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)
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| Highways: |
total:
1,152,207 km
paved:
863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways)
unpaved:
289,204 km (1997 est.)
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| Waterways: |
1,770 km approximately
note:
seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas
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| Pipelines: |
crude oil 84 km; petroleum products 322 km; natural gas 1,800 km
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| 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
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| 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.)
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| Airports: |
173 (2000 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total:
31
914 to 1,523 m:
4
under 914 m:
27 (2000 est.)
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| Heliports: |
16 (2000 est.)
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