Japan |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
60.381
million (1997) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
63.88 million
(2000) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 215 plus
370 repeaters, FM 89 plus 485 repeaters, shortwave 21 (2001)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
211 plus
7,341 repeaters
note: in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and
2 TV cable services (1999) |
| Internet
country code |
.jp |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
73 (2000)
|
| Internet
users |
56 million
(2002) |
| Railways |
total: 23,168
km (15,995 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); 19,855
km 1.067-m gauge (12,683 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge
(31 km electrified) (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 1,161,894
km
paved: 534,471 km (including 6,455 km of expressways)
unpaved: 627,423 km (1999) |
| Waterways |
1,770 km
approximately
note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas |
| 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: 594
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 10,467,142 GRT/13,335,833 DWT
ships by type: bulk 120, cargo 45, chemical tanker 18, combination
bulk 28, combination ore/oil 1, container 18, liquefied gas
52, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 179,
refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 59, short-sea passenger
6, vehicle carrier 49
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: China 1, Panama 1, Singapore 1 (2002
est.) |
| Airports |
172 (2002)
|
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