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    Japan Transportation - 2006
    http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/japan/japan_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      173 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 142
      over 3,047 m: 7
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 39
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 37
      914 to 1,523 m: 29
      under 914 m: 30 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 31
      over 3,047 m: 1
      914 to 1,523 m: 4
      under 914 m: 26 (2005)

      Heliports:
      15 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      gas 2,719 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 60 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 23,577 km (16,519 km electrified)
      standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,265 km 1.067-m gauge (13,227 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 1,177,278 km
      paved: 914,745 km (including 6,946 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 262,533 km (2002)

      Waterways:
      1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2006)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 683 ships (1000 GRT or over) 10,468,077 GRT/12,050,990 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 5, bulk carrier 127, cargo 30, chemical tanker 21, container 12, liquefied gas 53, passenger 14, passenger/cargo 154, petroleum tanker 157, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 50, vehicle carrier 56
      registered in other countries: 2,351 (Australia 1, The Bahamas 51, Belize 5, Burma 4, Cambodia 2, China 2, Cyprus 17, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4, Honduras 4, Hong Kong 64, Indonesia 4, Isle of Man 4, Liberia 100, Malaysia 1, Malta 1, Marshall Islands 5, Norway 1, Panama 1,921, Philippines 25, Portugal 9, Singapore 93, Sweden 2, Thailand 4, Vanuatu 26, unknown 1) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Chiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama


      NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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