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Railways:
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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:
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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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Pipelines:
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crude
oil 84 km; petroleum products 322 km; natural gas 1,800 km |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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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:
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total:
662 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,039,488 GRT/18,024,969
DWT
ships by type: bulk 146, cargo 49, chemical tanker 13,
combination bulk 16, combination ore/oil 4, container 25, liquified
gas 45, passenger 9, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 214,
refrigerated cargo 22, roll-on/roll-off 48, short-sea passenger
9, vehicle carrier 60 (1999 est.) |
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Airports:
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171 (1999 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
140
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 41
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 31 (1999 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 28 (1999 est.) |
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Heliports:
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14 (1999 est.) |
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