Japan Transportation:
Railways:
total: 23,577 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 20,265 km 1.067-m gauge (13,227 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 1,171,647 km (2001 est.)
paved: 903,340 km (including 6,851 km of expressways)
unpaved: 268,307 km
Waterways:
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 2,719 km
oil: 170 km
oil/gas/water: 60 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Chiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama
Merchant marine:
total: 702 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 10,149,196 GRT / 12,680,544 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 136, cargo 29, chemical tanker 23, container 13, liquefied gas 53, passenger 16, passenger/cargo 157, petroleum tanker 160, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 52, vehicle carrier 59
registered in other countries: 2233
(2005)
Airports:
174 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 143
over 3047m: 7
2438 to 3047m: 37
1524 to 2437m: 39
914 to 1523m: 28
under 914m: 32
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 31
over 3047m: 1
914 to 1523m: 4
under 914m: 26
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
15 (2004 est.)
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