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Communications
Railroads: 27,327 km total; 2,012 km 1.435-meter standard
gauge and 25,315 km predominantly 1.067-meter narrow gauge;
5,724 km doubletrack and multitrack sections, 9,038 km 1.067-meter
narrow-gauge electrified, 2,012 km 1.435-meter standard-gauge
electrified (1987).
Highways: 1,098,900 km total; 718,700 km paved, 380,200 km gravel,
crushed stone, or unpaved; 3,900 km national expressways,
46,544 km national highways, 43,907 km principal local roads,
86,930 km prefectural roads, and 917,619 other (1987).
Inland waterways: about 1,770 km; seagoing craft ply all
coastal inland seas.
Pipelines: crude oil, 84 km; refined products, 322 km; natural
gas, 1,800 km.
Ports: Chiba, Muroran, Kitakyushu, Kobe, Tomakomai, Nagoya, Osaka,
Tokyo, Yokkaichi, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Niigata, Fushiki-Toyama,
Shimizu, Himeji, Wakayama-Shimozu, Shimonoseki, Tokuyama-Shimomatsu.
Merchant marine: 1,088 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
23,597,688 GRT/36,655,266 DWT; includes 7 passenger, 57
short-sea passenger, 4 passenger cargo, 108 cargo, 44 container,
27 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 135 refrigerated cargo, 117 vehicle
carrier, 237 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker,
21 chemical tanker, 42 liquefied gas, 12 combination ore/oil,
3 specialized tanker, 272 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 multifunction
large-load carrier.
Civil air: 341 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 165 total, 156 usable; 128 with permanent-surface runways;
2 with runways over 3,659 m; 27 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
55 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international
service; 64,000,000 telephones; stations--318 AM, 58 FM,
12,350 TV (196 major--1 kw or greater); satellite earth
stations--4 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT;
submarine cables to US (via Guam), Philippines, China, and USSR.