<Basic figures>
*Domestic passenger transport (fiscal 2009): 89,500 million passengers (rail 22,725 million, bus 5,733 million, passenger car 60,866 million, plane 84 million, ship 92 million)
*Domestic freight transport (fiscal 2009): 4,830 million tons (rail 43 million, truck 4,454 million, ship 332 million, plane 1 million)
*Shinkansen passenger volume (fiscal 2009): 322 million passengers, 76,040 million passenger-km
*Total length of expressways (fiscal 2012): 8,325km
*Motor vehicle ownership in Japan (fiscal 2009): 78,693,495 vehicles (57,902,835 passenger cars)
*Volume of international passenger traffic to and from Japan (2009): departures from Japan: 23.2 million (15.4 million Japanese), arrival in Japan: 23.2 million (6.8 million foreigners)
*Air freight transport to and from Japan (fiscal 2009): exports 1.26 million tons, imports 1.34 million tons
*Number and tonnage of Japanese vessels (December 2009): 6,221 vessels, 14.7 million tons
*Marine exports and imports (2010): exports 156.4 million tons, 43.8 trillion yen; imports 759.0 million tons, 40.7 trillion yen
<Links to the latest information>
Current situation and statistics on transport
Go to "White Paper on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan", Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Go to “Summary of Transportation Statistics”, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Go to “Japan Statistical Yearbook (Chapter 12 Transport and Tourism)”, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Go to “Kaiun Tokei Yoran”, the Japanese Ship-owners’ Association (Japanese)
<Other Useful Information Sources>
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.
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