Japan Transportion

Country Name: Japan

Capital City: Tokyo

Population: 127,433,494 (2007 est.)

Population Growth: -0.088% (2007 est.)

Currency: yen (JPY)

Languages: Japanese

Area: 377,835 sq km

Inflation Rate: 0.3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 4.1% (2006)

Domain extension:

TRANSPORTATION DETAILS OF JAPAN

Railways - total:

23,474 km

Railways - standard gauge:

3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)

Railways - broad gauge:

77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,182 km 1.067-m gauge (13,334 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2006)

Highways - total:

Highways - paved:

Highways - unpaved:

Airports - total:

175 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:

145

Airports - with unpaved runways:

Heliports:

15 (2006)

Waterways:

1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007)

Pipelines - gas:

gas 8,015 km;

Pipelines - oil:

170 km

Pipelines - refined products:

Ports and Terminals:

Chiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama