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: 1,144,360 km
paved : 846,826 km (including 5,860 km of expressways)
unpaved: 297,534 km (1995 est.)

Waterways about 1,770 km; 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: 773 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,026,322 GRT/21,941,516 DWT
ships by type: bulk 178, cargo 56, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 6, combinationore/oil 6, container 38, liquefied gas tanker 39, oil tanker 254, passenger8, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 38, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-seapassenger 23, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 73
note: Japan owns an additional 1,579 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,474,380DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Burma, Cayman Islands,Hong Kong, Honduras, South Korea, Kuwait, Liberia, Malta, Malaysia, Panama,Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Thailand, US, andVanuatu (1996 est.)

Airports 164 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 162
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 35
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 60 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Heliports 12 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.