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Aircraft departures	641,300		[7th of 155]
Airports	176		[34th of 247]
Cars	395 per 1,000 people		[14th of 18]
Container port traffic	16,777,410 TEU		[4th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Heliports	14		[15th of 99]
Highways > Paved	534,471 km		[3rd of 113]
Highways > Total	1,161,894 km		[2nd of 118]
Motor vehicles	543 motor vehicles per 100 p		[11th of 134]
Pipelines gas 3,939 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 104 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
Ports and terminals Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yohohama
Railways > Total	23,474 km		[10th of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	327,632 million ton-km		[2nd of 52]
Roads, total network > km	1,177,278 km		[4th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	949,101 km		[3rd of 81]
Roadways > Total	1,196,999 km		[3rd of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	40-60
Vehicle abundance	187.53 per square km		[2nd of 141]
Waterways	1,770 km		[15th of 165]

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