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Asia > Japan > Transportation

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

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World Development Indicators database; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Japan

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