Highways:
total: 1,112,844 km
paved: 790,119 km (including 5,054 km of expressways)
unpaved: 322,725 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: about 1,770 km; seagoing craft ply all coastal inland
seas
Pipelines: crude oil 84 km; petroleum products 322 km; natural gas
1,800 km
Ports: 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: 796 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,944,137
GRT/23,662,930 DWT
ships by type: bulk 192, cargo 57, chemical tanker 6, combination
bulk 2, combination ore/oil 6, container 38, liquefied gas tanker
39, oil tanker 259, passenger 9, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated
cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 28,
specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 77
note: Japan owns an additional 1,587 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling 50,072,815 DWT operating under the registries of Panama,
Liberia, Vanuatu, The Bahamas, Singapore, Cyprus, Philippines, Hong
Kong, and Malta (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 164
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 6
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 32
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 34
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 30
with paved runways under 914 m: 60
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 11 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: 64 million (1987 est.)
Telephone system: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region), and
1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions); submarine cables to
China, Philippines, Russia, and US (via Guam)